HowtoMatrix

Each time I install (or reinstall/reformat) a development server of my own I install Samba instead of any FTP server as I use Windows as my development platform and prefer to simply network the remote folder. Here is a quick how-to on setting up Samba and sharing a folder.

First we need to install Samba, either do this with your distributions package manager (it will be called either samba or smb) or download the latest release from the Samba website.

Once installed create a new user on your system by typing

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