Substitute your Ubuntu account name where my_user appears and your Samba/CIFS/Windows workgroup name where my_workgroup appears. WARNING: This gives my_user root access to any and all files on the machine, enabling remote administration without using nano or vi.
- sudo apt-get install samba
- sudo smbpasswd -a my_user
- sudo editor /etc/samba/smb.conf
- Change the line workgroup = my_workgroup
- Change the line wins support = yes
- Change the line security = user
- Add the following block further down the file:
- [root] path = / valid users = my_user read list = my_user write list = my_user force user = root acl check permissions = No only user = Yes username = my_user hide dot files = No browseable = No
- sudo /etc/init.d/samba restart