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Samba Setup Guide

This guide walks through setting up a dedicated logical volume, formatting it, mounting it, configuring Samba, and accessing it from a Windows client — using user-based authentication. ✅ 1. Check Available Space in Your Volume Group sudo vgdisplay Look for the Free PE / Size — it should show free space (e.g., ~647 GB). ✅ 2. Create a Logical Volume sudo lvcreate -l 100%FREE -n data-lv ubuntu-vg This creates a logical volume named data-lv using all available free space. ...

July 17, 2025 · 3 min · Faisal Darbar