## Setting up Samba

First, install Samba:

```bash
sudo apt-get install samba
```

Now, you have to setup Samba to be accessed only by your user (that we'll call `whatyouhide`). First, be sure that the `whatyouhide` Unix user exists. Then, set a Samba password for it:

```bash
sudo smbpasswd -a whatyouhide
```

You can now add all the shares you want and restrict them to the `whatyouhide` Samba user. In `/etc/samba/smb.conf`:

```
[hard-drives]
   comment = All hard drives
   path = /mnt
   read only = no
   writeable = yes
   browseable = yes
   valid users = whatyouhide
   create mask = 0755
   directory mask = 0755
```

Restart the Sambda daemon and you're done.

```bash
sudo service smbd restart
```

These steps are taken from [this AskUbuntu answer][askubuntu-samba].


[askubuntu-samba]: http://askubuntu.com/a/208173/147560