How to add users to shares with the TurnKey Linux FileServer appliance

By Jack Wallen  | October 3, 2016, 1:32 PM PST

For a quick, easy, and free file-sharing appliance, look no further than TurnKey Linux. Learn how to set up users and add them to shares.

TurnKey Linux offers handy virtual appliances, ranging from a basic LAMP stack to an LDAP appliance and much more. If you need to spin up a file-sharing appliance in a hurry, the TurnKey Linux file server cannot be beat. By employing basic, off-the-shelf hardware or a virtual machine, you can get a solid SMB, SFTP, NFS, WebDAV, and rsync file server running in no time.

Getting a TurnKey Linux appliance up and running is simple. Follow these steps.

1. Download the ISO.
2. Fire up your virtual machine tool (I preferVirtualBox).
3. Create a new virtual machine.
4. Attach the ISO to