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Date: Feb. 19, 2010 | Tags: linux, notestoself, ubuntu

Assumptions

Trying to access filesystem on Ubuntu Hardy Linux server from Windows Vista PC over the internet. Want to have read and write access.
Ubuntu Linux server IP address is: 99.99.99.99
Windows PC IP address is: 44.44.44.44
Username is "johnny"

On Ubuntu Hardy host

Install Samba
```
apt-get install samba
```

Edit /etc/samba/smb.conf

In the [globals] section:

   hosts allow = 127.0.0.1 44.44.44.44
   hosts deny = 0.0.0.0/0

Reference

Create a new share:

[myshare]
   comment = this is my share
   path = /var/www
   read only = no
   guest ok = no
   delete readonly = yes
   create mask = 0644
   force create mode = 0600
   security mask = 0555
   force security mode = 0600

Reference

Create a user
```
adduser johnny
smbpasswd -a johnny
```
Enter a password.

Open ports in EC2 Security Group using ElasticFox

Port 135/TCP - used by smbd
Port 137/UDP - used by nmbd
Port 138/UDP - used by nmbd
Port 139/TCP - used by smbd
Port 445/TCP - used by smbd

Reference

On Windows host

In Windows Explorer, enter \\99.99.99.99\myshare into the location bar.
Enter the "johnny" for the username and the password for the password.

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