Linux LAN Shared Folder¶

Check out the video below, and follow along with the steps in this guide to setup a LAN Shared folder on your Linux machine, such that you may create encrypted, private backups of all your Embassy data.

1. Install Samba if you have not already:

   sudo apt install samba && sudo systemctl enable smbd
   

2. Add your user to samba, replacing YOUR_LINUX_USERNAME with your Linux username.

   sudo smbpasswd -a YOUR_LINUX_USERNAME
   

   First you will be prompted for your linux password, then you will be asked to create a new SMB password for the user with permission to write to your new backup share. Keep it somewhere safe, such as Vaultwarden.

3. Right-click the folder that you want to backup to (or create a new one) and click “Properties”

   

4. Select the “Local Network Share” tab

   

5. Click “Share this folder”

   

   • You may rename the “Share”, if you prefer - remember this name, you will need it later in your EmbassyUI

   • (Optional) Create a description in the “Comment” section

6. Check the box for “Allow others to create and delete files in this folder”, then click “Create Share”

   

7. Click “Add Permissions Automatically”

   

1. Install Samba if you have not already:

   sudo apt install samba && sudo systemctl enable smbd
   

2. Add your user to samba, replacing YOUR_LINUX_USERNAME with your Linux username.

   sudo usermod -a -G sambashare YOUR_LINUX_USERNAME
   sudo smbpasswd -a YOUR_LINUX_USERNAME
   

   First you will be prompted for your linux password, then you will be asked to create a new SMB password for the user with permission to write to your new backup share. Keep it somewhere safe, such as Vaultwarden.

3. Right-click the folder that you want to backup to (or create a new one, eg. embassy-backup) and click “Sharing Options”

   

4. Enter a Share name consisting of 12 or fewer characters and click “Create Share”

   

   • You may rename the “Share”, if you prefer - remember this name, you will need it later in your EmbassyUI. In this example, we call it backup-share

   • (Optional) Create a description in the “Comment” section

1. Install Samba if it is not already installed.

   • sudo pacman -S samba For Arch

   • sudo apt install samba For Debian-based distros (Pop-OS, PureOS, etc)

   • sudo yum install samba For CentOS/Redhat

   • sudo dnf install samba For Fedora

2. Create a directory to share or choose an existing one and make note of its location (path). For this example, we will call the share backup-share and its corresponding shared directory will be located at /home/user/embassy-backup

3. Configure Samba by adding the following to the end of the /etc/samba/smb.conf file:

   [backup-share]
       path = "/home/user/embassy-backup"
       create mask = 0600
       directory mask = 0700
       read only = no
       guest ok = no
   

   Where:

   • [backup-share] is the Share Name, or title of the entry, and can be called anything you’d like

   • path should be the path to the directory you created earlier

   Copy the remainder of the entry exactly as it is

4. Open a terminal and enter the following command, replacing YOUR-USER with your Linux username:

   sudo smbpasswd -a YOUR-USER
   

   This creates a password for the Local Network Share. Keep it somewhere safe, such as Vaultwarden.