On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 3:19 PM, James, Trevor <james [ at ] telfer [ dot ] uottawa [ dot ] ca> wrote: > Anyone have a simple TID/HowTo to set up a SAMBA a secure SAMBA service to be used by only one subnet on a network. For example only on 192.168.1,X (wired network) but not 192.168.10.X (WiFi) > > > 1) Install Ubuntu 12.04 Server > > 2) Install Basic Gnome Desktop (sorry I am not as experienced with command line) > > 3) Create two accounts FileRead FileWrite > > 4) apt-get install samba > > Now this is where someone with experience comes in. > > > 5) Create a share directory (I would say /home/samba) > > 6) Directory Rights? (chmod) > > 7) Edit samba.cfg file > > a. Workgroup - SAMBA > > b. Share /home/samba > > i. FileRead - Read only > > ii. FileWrite - Read/Write > > 8) Set up the IPTables > > a. Block all ports all networks > > b. Open SAMBA ports on 192.168.1.X > Have you checked out https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Samba by chance? I usually find the Ubuntu wiki to be a good source of information. I've used the server guide in the past and it has worked well. -- Paul Belanger | PolyBeacon, Inc. Jabber: paul [ dot ] belanger [ at ] polybeacon [ dot ] com | IRC: pabelanger (Freenode) Github: https://github.com/pabelanger | Twitter: https://twitter.com/pabelanger