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How to Install Samba Server

1. Samba is included in most Linux distributions. To install Samba on Ubuntu, simply run the following command in terminal

sudo apt install samba samba-common-bin

2. To check your Samba version, run

smbd --version

3. To check if Samba service is running, issue the following command

systemctl status smbd nmbd

4. To start these two services, issue the following command

sudo systemctl start smbd nmbd