Samba File Sharing How-To

Since my Linux boxes are generally setup and leave it alone, I forget the details about how I do things in my Linux environment from time-to-time.

This time, I forgot how to grant a new user access to a file share. The magic that I was missing was simple; I needed to map UNIX to Samba users. Run smbpasswd -a username

I found my answer in the samba How-To

Chapter 38. The Samba Checklist