How to Share a Folder via SMB/CIFS in Ubuntu 20.04

Install Samba

sudo apt install samba

Right click the file via our folder browser and choose share options

If you want a remote PC to have access with a uersname and password, run the following command,

Note: The USERNAME must be an existing user on your Linux machine.

sudo smbpasswd -a USERNAME

Before getting access from the remote PC, you may need the IP address of hostname

ip -4 address
hostname

Access the share folder from remote computer

smb://ip-address/
\\ip-address\ or \\hostname\