Did anyone read the original post? Is everyone assuming that all these machines in his network are owned and operated by one user?
Anyhoo.... So I have a Linux box named ork. My username is mork.
I install the samba package.
EDIT: Just to make it clear it's: sudo apt install samba
Then I create a public share of my ... well ... Public folder in /etc/samba/smb.conf:
Code:
[Public]
path = /home/mork/Public
guest ok = yes
read only = No
force user = mork
Then restart smbd ( sudo service smbd restart ).
When Mindy on her Linux box wants to add a file to that share she enters my address in the location bar of her file manager or Connect to Server:
Code:
smb://ork.local/Public
Shazbot, she can even create a bookmark to that location.
Whatever she adds to that share will be owned by mork on ork. Whatever she copies from the share will be owned by mindy.
Right now the OP is using USB sticks formatted in fat32 maybe NTFS so all the files will be owned by whoever mounts the device just like the samba share.
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