How to share folders over the network in Xubuntu 18.04?

Question

How to share folders over the network in Xubuntu 18.04?
I work on Xubuntu laptop, others have installed Windows 7 and 10 on their machines.

Answer 1

To share a folder in Samba

• Add User sudo adduser <user-name>
• create password sudo smbpasswd -a <user-name>
• Create share:
  sudo -H gedit /etc/samba/smb.conf

Add the following to the end of smb.conf file

[<folder-name]
    path = /path/to/folder
    writeable = yes
    browseable = yes
    guest ok = no

close the file and run:

sudo systemctl restart smbd nmbd

Done.

Answer 2

I found a solution here: https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1670223

1. sudo apt install samba system-config-samba

2. Run system-config-samba - just type sudo system-config-samba in terminal.

3. After running sudo system-config-samba I got an error "'SystemError: could not open configuration file /etc/libuser.conf: No such file or directory". Simple solution is sudo touch /etc/libuser.conf found here

4. Run sudo system-config-samba again.

5. Create the share (choose File > Add Share, or click the plus icon):

   • Directory = select directory to share
   • Share name = share name
   • Description = description
   • Writable = to allow users to write to directory
   • Visible = to make the share visible while browsing
   • Access tab = select who should have access to the share
6. In Thunar, access "Network" or "Browse Network" (on the bottom left)

I have to think a moment about my question, if I should edit it to be more precise and concrete.