Ubuntu Unleashed 2019 Edition: Covering 18.04, 18.10, 19.04

[homes]—Shares  users’  /home   directories and specifies   directory   paths

and permissions

[printers]—Handles  printing    by  defining    shared  printers    and printer

access

Each section in your /etc/samba/smb.conf configuration file should be
named for the resource being shared. For example, if the resource
/usr/local/programs is being shared, you could call the section
[programs]. When Windows sees the share, it is called by whatever you
name the section (programs in this example). The easiest and fastest way to
set up this share is with the following example from smb.conf:

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[programs]
path = /usr/local/programs
writeable = true

This bit shares the /usr/local/programs directory with any valid user
who asks for it and makes that directory writable. It is the most basic share
because it sets no limits on the directory.

Here are some parameters you can set in the sections:

    Requiring   a   user    to  enter   a   password    before  accessing   a   shared  directory

    Limiting    the hosts   allowed to  access  the shared  directory

    Altering    permissions users   are allowed to  have    on  the directory

    Limiting    the time    of  day during  which   the directory   is  accessible

The possibilities are almost endless. Any parameters set in the individual
sections override the parameters set in the [global] section. The following
section adds a few restrictions to the [programs] section:

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[programs]
path = /usr/local/programs
writeable = true
valid users = mhelmke
browseable = yes
create mode = 0700

NOTE

You can spell   it  as  writeable   or  writable;   either  variant will    work,

and both    spellings   are used    in  this    chapter.

The valid users entry in this example limits userid to just mhelmke.