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Samba Setup on Raspberry Pi
How to install and setup Samba on the Raspberry Pi
This page details how to set up network file sharing using Samba on your Raspberry Pi to enable you to share files with Windows or OSX computers on your network using the SMB protocol.
Step 1: Open a terminal window, and at the command prompt, run this code to install Samba and Samba Common.
sudo apt-get install samba samba-common-bin
Step 2. Next, you need to edit the samba.conf file to change your Samba settings using nano.
sudo nano /etc/samba/smb.conf
You need to find the wins support line, and if there is a # at the beginning of the line, you need to remove it to uncomment the text.
workgroup = your_workgroup_name wins support = yes
You can change the workgroup name to match your home or office network.
Add the following code to the Share Definitions section; the path line specifies the share path on your Raspberry Pi.
[pihome] comment= Pi Home path=/home/pi browseable=Yes writeable=Yes only guest=no create mask=0777 directory mask=0777 public=no
Save your changes to the smb.conf file.
Step 3. Now, you need to set the password for Samba using the following command:
sudo smbpasswd -a pi
Step 4: Restart Samba with the following command, and your new Raspberry Pi share should appear on your Windows or OSX network.
sudo service smbd restart
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