Samba is not launching ubuntu 18.04

How to configure samba on Ubuntu 18.04

I installed Samba from Ubuntu Software and its not launching and I also installed gksu after uninstalling samba and reinstalled it

Solution 1:

Your question is a little light on details but here are some suggestions:

1. Check if Samba is installed:

   whereis samba
   

2. Make a Samba share (Samba needs to know what you want to share!):

   mkdir /home/<username>/sambashare/
   sudo nano /etc/samba/smb.conf
   

3. At the bottom of the file, add the following lines:

       [sambashare]
       comment = Samba on Ubuntu
       path = /home/username/sambashare
       read only = no
       browsable = yes
   

4. Finally, restart Samba so that it loads your new configuration:

   sudo service smbd restart
   

5. Now you need to create a Samba user (not one that already exists in your system):

   sudo smbpasswd -a username
   

6. Samba should now be running. To connect to the Samba share from another computer:

   • Under Mac OS X or Linux: Open a file browser, click on connect to server and in the dialogue box, enter smb://ip-address/sambashare (replacing ip-address and sambashare with your values.)
   • On Windows, open File Explorer and in the path at the top of the window enter \\ip-address\sambashare

Hopefully, you're sorted now!