Create a user for samba only (CLI)

Question

Exact same question as Create a user for sharing purposes only but using CLI instead of GUI.

I'd like to allow login access to a shared SMB directory, but the users get no other access to the server.

Answer 1

1. Create a user on the server:

sudo adduser --no-create-home --disabled-password --disabled-login sambausername

2. Add that user to samba (you'll be asked to type a password):

sudo smbpasswd -a sambausername

3. Create a share by editing /etc/samba/smb.conf. For example, you can add something like this to the bottom:

   [share name]
       comment = whatever
       path = /path to share
       browsable = yes
       read only = no
       guest ok = no
   

4. Now is a good idea to restart samba:

sudo service smbd force-reload

5. Go to the client machine and try to access the share with the username and password you've just set up.

Answer 2

With Active Directory (Samba 4.0+)

If you have Samba 4.x and it is connected to an Active Directory, you can use samba-tool to add a user to it:

samba-tool user add USERNAME-HERE

Please see Samba AD DC howto for more info

Answer Extracted from Cyberciti

To verify your Samba Version just user the command

samba -V

Example Output:

Version 4.3.11-Ubuntu