1. Open "Users and Groups" to Create samba user: "mariofuentes" (figure 1) 2. Add user - Enter full name & user name, click OK button (figure 2) 3. Change user password - click OK button (figure 3) 4. Go Advanced Settings for the new user - mariofuentes (figure 4) 5. New home directory already exists, use it? Use New Files Button (figure 5) 6. If the samba user "mariofuentes" disappears on you; Chek "Change user ID" at the end of this file. 7. Manage Groups button, double click on sambashare (figure 6) 8. Add new samba user "mariofuentes" to sambashare group (figure 7) 9. Check in terminal samba guest user group - mariofuentes "cat /etc/group;" (figure 8) cat /etc/group; tail /etc/group; cat /etc/group | grep smbguest; cat /etc/group | grep is_derayo; cat /etc/group | grep mariofuentes; 10. Check in terminal samba guest user /bin/false "cat /etc/passwd;" (figure 9) cat /etc/passwd; tail /etc/passwd; cat /etc/passwd | grep smbguest; cat /etc/passwd | grep is_derayo; cat /etc/passwd | grep mariofuentes; 12. Launch Samba, Go Preferences, Samba Users & Add User (figure 11, 12 & 13) 13. In Users and Groups Go Advanced Settings for the new user - mariofuentes Double check configuration (figure 14) 14. In Samba Server Configuaration Add new user "mariofuentes" to shared folders (figure 15 & 16) 20. Modify samba configuration file - # sudo gedit /etc/samba/smb.conf workgroup = l_is wins support = yes # - For full linux instalation - # security = user [ToShare-FullAccess] comment = ToShare-FullAccess to everybody in the net path = /home/is_derayo/Documents/ToShare-FullAccess writeable = yes browseable = yes guest ok = no create mask = 0777 valid users = is_derayo, smbguest, mariofuentes [ToShare-JustRead] comment = ToShare-JustRead to everybody in the net path = /home/is_derayo/Documents/ToShare-JustRead writeable = no browseable = yes guest ok = no create mask = 0755 valid users = is_derayo, smbguest, mariofuentes # - Restart samba service - # sudo /etc/init.d/samba restart; # - Sometimes you have to restart the computer - # # - Change user ID - # id mariofuentes; uid=996(mariofuentes) gid=130(sambashare) groups=130(sambashare) sudo usermod -u 1010 mariofuentes; [sudo] password for is_derayo: id mariofuentes; uid=1010(mariofuentes) gid=130(sambashare) groups=130(sambashare)