Samba: Publish an SMB File Share

MediumNetworking15-25 min

The brief

Samba is installed with only a [global] section. Publish an SMB share. Your assignment is in /root/case/assignment.env (SHARE, SHARE_PATH, WRITABLE).

Two tasks:

1. Create the directory SHARE_PATH.

2. Add a share section to /etc/samba/smb.conf:

[SHARE]

path = SHARE_PATH

read only = <no if WRITABLE=yes, yes if WRITABLE=no>

browseable = yes

writable = yes is the inverse of read only = no — either form is accepted for the access setting. Grading reads smb.conf and checks the directory (it does not start smbd). On a live host: testparm to validate, then systemctl reload smbd. See /root/case/brief.txt.

What you'll do

Read the per-session share assignment
Create the share directory
Define a [SHARE] section pointing at the path
Set the access mode to match WRITABLE

Hands-on lab: you work on a real Linux box in your browser, graded on the machine's actual state.