Simple samba installation for raspberry pi for fast file exchange e.g. after a new installation. Configures /home/pi/samba as a samba share.

pi_simple_samba.sh

#!bin/bash

# install samba
sudo apt -qq update && sudo apt -qq install -y samba
sudo systemctl enable --now smbd nmbd

# create samba share directory
mkdir -p /home/pi/samba

# create samba user
(echo ""; echo "") | sudo smbpasswd -a pi

# configure samba
config="
[global]
workgroup = WORKGROUP
dns proxy = no
map to guest = Bad User
guest account = pi
null passwords = yes

[samba]
path = /home/pi/samba
browseable = yes
writeable = yes
read only = no
guest ok = yes
create mask = 0777
directory mask = 0777
force user = pi
force group = pi
"
printf "%b" "$config" | sudo tee /etc/samba/smb.conf

# finally, restart
sudo systemctl restart smbd nmbd

# connect via smb://<ip>/samba