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Missing ufw samba application profile in /etc/ufw/applications.d

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Am using a samba share on Ubuntu 16.04 server, and wanted to enable Samba traffic in ufw using sudo ufw allow from 192.168.8.0/24 to any app Samba comment 'allow samba from local' which returned the error "ERROR: Could not find a profile matching 'Samba'".

Cause: I was using the minimal amount of tooling required to use Samba (cifs-tools) on my server, which doesn't include the Samba application file.

Fix: install the samba package... or manually create the file:

sudoedit /etc/ufw/applications.d/samba

[Samba]
title=LanManager-like file and printer server for Unix
description=The Samba software suite is a collection of programs that implements the SMB/CIF$
ports=137,138/udp|139,445/tcp