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• Create Samba Group and Samba Users

sudo groupadd smbusers

# Create system users (optional - or use existing ones)
sudo useradd -G smbusers john
sudo useradd -G smbusers jane

# Set Samba passwords (different from system passwords)
sudo smbpasswd -a john
sudo smbpasswd -a jane

• Create folder in linux

   sudo mkdir /private

• Set ownership and permissions

   sudo chown root:smbusers /private
   sudo chmod 1770 /private  # Sticky bit + group access

• Set ownership (optional)

   sudo chown nobody:nogroup /public

• Edit Samba config /etc/samba/smb.conf

   [private]
   comment = Private Secure Share
   path = /srv/private
   browseable = yes
   read only = no
   guest ok = no
   valid users = @smbusers
   create mask = 0660
   directory mask = 0770
   force group = smbusers
   # Security settings to prevent users from deleting each other's files
   veto files = /*.exe/*.com/*.bat/*.cmd/
   delete veto files = yes

• Restart Samba by doing:

   sudo systemctl restart smbd nmbd

   # Or for newer versions:

   sudo systemctl restart smbd winbind