mkdir -p ~/smb-backups cp /etc/samba/smb.conf ~/smb-backups/smb_$(date +"%Y%m%d_%H%M").conf sudo vim /etc/samba/smb.conf read -r -p "Do you want to restart the smbd daemon? [y/N] " response case "$response" in [yY][eE][sS]|[yY]) sudo systemctl restart smbd echo "smbd will restart" echo "The old smb.conf file was copied to ~/smb-backups" ;; *) echo "smbd will not restart" echo "The old smb.conf file was copied to ~/smb-backups" ;; esac