Minimal Read Only Samba

Minimal Samba config for giving read-only access to a directory. This is useful for sharing files with other computers without allowing them to modify or delete files.

; Minimal Samba config for readonly shares
; Filename: smb.conf
; Copy this in /etc/samba/smb.conf and run "systemctl restart smbd"

[global]
   server role = standalone server
   map to guest = Bad User

[data]
   path = /data
   read only = yes
   guest ok = yes
   guest only = yes
   browseable = yes
   force user = nobody
;  force user = root                      ; caution! guest can ready all files
;  hosts allow = 10.10.10.10 10.10.10.11  ; only allow access from these hosts