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            <h1>Share Proxmox Backups Locally with Samba</h1>
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	<li>Log into Proxmox VE, either at the console or the web UI and launch the web shell</li>
	<li>Run the following commands
	<div class="codeBlock"># update software repositories<br />
	apt update<br />
	# install samba<br />
	apt install samba -y<br />
	# edit the samba conf file<br />
	nano /etc/samba/smb.conf</div>
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	<li>Paste the following at the bottom of the file
	<p>[vmbackups]<br />
	comment = Proxmox backups<br />
	path = /var/lib/vz<br />
	guest ok = no<br />
	public = yes<br />
	writable = yes</p>
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	<li>Press CTRL+O, Enter, CTRL+X to write the changes</li>
	<li>Continue with the following commands
	<div class="codeBlock"># restart samba service<br />
	systemctl restart smbd</div>
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	<li>Test that the new samba share is accessible, from Windows \\DNSorIP\vmbackups</li>
	<li>When prompted, login with root and the Proxmox root password</li>
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