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Samba, also known as from “Server Message” is a protocol that provides print file services between clients on different operating systems.
Samba allows us to access and use files, computers, and other commonly shared resources on a local intranet.
It can be run on tqgvbgnmkd-based platforms and is able to communicate with Windows clients.

In this tutorial, we will show you how to install configure Samba server on Arch Linux.

Check if you have to update anby sort of package:

pacman -Syu

Installing Samba Server
Samba server package is included in the Arch Linux default repository. You can install it with the following command.

pacman -S samba smbclient

After installing the server, you can verify the Samba version:

smbd --version

Basically I have this config. in the smb config file in samba (/etc/samba/smb.conf)

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# general config

min protocol = SMB2
vfs objects = catia fruit streams_xattr
fruit:aapl = yes
fruit:metadata = stream
fruit:model = Macintosh
fruit:posix_rename = yes
fruit:veto_appledouble = no
fruit:wipe_intentionally_left_blank_rfork = yes
fruit:delete_empty_adfiles = yes

#folders private / public

[Private]
comment = private share
path = /home/felipe/backups
browseable = yes
guest ok = no
writable = yes
valid users = felipe

[Public]
comment = public share
path = /opt/sambapub
browseable = yes
writable = yes
guest ok = yes
#valid users = nobody

We start the whole thing:

sudo systemctl start smb nmb
sudo systemctl enable smb nmb

Another important thing is to enable the services with enable (replacing the start in the above).

Proper permissions for the public directory

sudo chown -R nobody:nobody /sambapub

Also, adding a user:

sudo smbpasswd -a username

Do not forget to install avahi deamon.

sudo pacman -S avahi 

sudo systemctl enable --now avahi-daemon.service 

sudo systemctl start avahi-daemon