Update raspberry pi

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade

Create password for user

sudo passwd ubuntu

list all interfaces

ls /sys/class/net

add wifi

Tabs should be maintained otherwise configuration won’t work

sudo nano /etc/netplan/50-cloud-init.yaml

network:
    ethernets:
        eth0:
            dhcp4: true
            optional: true
    version: 2
    wifis:
        wlan0:
            dhcp4: true
            optional: true
            access-points:
                "SSID_name":
                    password: "WiFi_password"

Generate the configuration using this command:

sudo netplan generate

And now apply this:

sudo netplan apply
sudo systemctl start wpa_supplicant

Install cockpit

sudo apt install cockpit

or

. /etc/os-release
sudo apt install -t ${VERSION_CODENAME}-backports cockpit

Install samba

sudo apt install samba cifs-utils
sudo nano /etc/samba/smb.conf

Add these lines

[SharedFolder]
  comment = My Shared Folder
  path = /home/ubuntu/shared
  read only = no
  browseable = yes

Restart samba. type:

/etc/init.d/smbd restart

Create the share folder:

sudo mkdir /home/ubuntu/shared

Set the permissions:

sudo chmod 0777 /home/ubuntu/shared
sudo chown ubuntu:ubuntu /home/ubuntu/shared

Congrats!you are all set in ubuntu

Now that we have our new share configured, save it and restart Samba for it to take effect:

sudo service smbd restart

Update the firewall rules to allow Samba traffic:

sudo ufw allow samba

Windows configuration

open regedit

Browse:

Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanWorkstation\Parameters

set allow insecure guest auth = 1

Start button -> Run
Type: \\<your-ip-address-to-ubuntu>\<your-share-folder>

Now you can see the shared files.