Samba Active Directory

1.5.1.6 Shared Folder by user or guest

A quicker and simpler way to prepare a shared folder is to use a local account (in this example, sis) and then set a samba password for it. 

sudo smbpasswd -a sis

the Samba password is different from the local user's password

Then prepare the shared folder inside /etc/samba/smb.conf

[data01]            # or [nome_shared_data_tag]

   comment = Etere shared folder

   path = /home/data

   browseable = yes

   read only = no

   create mask = 0777

   directory mask = 0777

   valid users = sis


It is better to restart the services:

sudo systemctl restart smbd nmbd 

sudo chmod 777 /home/data      # give Read/Write permission to shared folder

From now, any Windows user can connect to it through \\ip.of.shared.foldermachine\nameoftheFolder ,

nameofthefolder = the same name specified in the square brackets in the smb.conf file [data01]

the system will ask for the local user and the samba password

Note: If windows does not save connection credentials to the folder, you can force them persistently from Windows Powershell 

Example:
net use Z: \\172.31.230.113\BirtReports /user:sis Etere968760 /persistent:yes

Tips: the configurations in this page are only an example.