Samba is the protocol by which a lot of PC-related machines share files and printers.
apt-get install samba
Temporary File Space
We will create a simple network share
tmp. All users in
WORKGROUP will have read-write access. Let create a directory tree (under
/srv/smb/) we are going to serve.
mkdir -p /srv/smb/tmp
Place the following in
/etc/samba/smb.conf (backup the original file first):
[global]
workgroup = WORKGROUP
server string = Public File Server
# When clients connect to a share level security server,
# they need not log onto the server with a valid
# username and password before attempting to connect to
# a shared resource. Instead, the clients send
# authentication information (passwords) on a per-share
# basis, at the time they attempt to connect to that
# share.
security = share
# This parameter determines whether or not smbclient(8)
# and other samba client tools will attempt to
# authenticate itself to servers using the weaker
# LANMAN password hash.
client lanman auth = no
# This parameter determines whether or not smbd(8) will
# attempt to authenticate users or permit password
# changes using the LANMAN password hash.
lanman auth = no
[tmp]
# If this parameter is yes for a service, then no
# password is required to connect to the service.
public = yes
comment = Temporary File Space (cleaned up at midnight)
path = /srv/smb/tmp
read only = no
hide files = lost+found
Now from Windows machine you can access this share as
\\samba-server-name\tmp. Here is a cron job to make daily clean ups (file
/etc/cron.d/clean-samba-tmp):
#
# Regular cron jobs for removing everything
# in samba tmp share
#
SHELL=/bin/sh
# Run daily at 1:35 AM
# m h dom mon dow user command
35 1 * * * root /bin/rm -rf /srv/smb/tmp/*
See more configuration options
here.
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