there's a scam going around, not sure who's orchestrating it but it seems to be pretty widespread at this point. the scam is called "samba". unsuspecting linux users get tempted by wild promises of being able to share files across a network, something that any experienced computer user knows is clearly impossible. the victim will then be led into a rabbit hole of multiple helpful-looking websites and youtube videos and stack exchange posts, each of which providing a very slightly different set of shell commands and lines to add to samba.conf that are definitely guaranteed to work for certain. the key is to continually give the user hope that they just need to try one more time doing a couple of things differently and then it will definitely totally work and not just display an error saying "permission denied" and no other information whatsoever. this is a lie. nothing is possible on computers and you are a fool and a mark for even allowing yourself to imagine otherwise. still you plow on until your body and mind are useless mush, unable to put up any kind of fight. then they break into your house i guess
please disregard previous message. Samba is a simple and easy way by which files can be transferred across computers over a local network. Possible uses for Samba include sharing important data in a professional environment or perhaps fun pictures for your family or friends. With just a few quick command lines soon you too will be sharing data quickly and conveniently with other network users