SAMBA Server
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Windows Server: Domain Controller and DNS
OS Client: Windows
To install the Server for SMB role service in Windows Server, follow the below steps:
1. Open Server Manager. Click on Tools and select Add Role and Features.
2. On the Before you begin page, click Next.
3. Select Role-based or feature-based installation and click Next.
4. Select a server from the server pool on which you want to install the Network File System for Server role service, click Next.
5. On select server roles page, expand File and Storage Services and select File Server.
On Selected Feature, Select SMB1.0/CIFS Server. Click Next.
Click Install and complete the installation process.
Click Close to finish the installation.
After installing the Server for SMB on Windows Server, the next step is to create an SMB shared folder by using the File and Storage Services console.
11. On the Server Manager Console, click on File and Storage Services.
12. Click on Shares. Right-click in the empty area and select New Share.
13. On Select the profile for this share, select SMB Share – Quick profile. Click Next.
14. To configure a specific folder as SMB shared folder, select the checkbox Type a custom path and type the path for the specific folder you’d like to set as a shared folder. Click Next.
15. Verify share name, local path and remote path for SMB shared folder. Click Next.
Set up other features of SMB
17. To set up the SMB share permissions, click Add button.
18. Review the selections, click on the Create button.
19. Click on the close button after verifying the successful creation of the SMB shared folder.
20. Verify the SMB shared folder under the shares list. Access the local path of the SMB shared folder. Create one text file and put some text under it.
