{"id":1271,"date":"2013-10-03T13:53:26","date_gmt":"2013-10-03T13:53:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/raspberry-projects.com\/pi\/?p=1271"},"modified":"2016-01-19T10:53:33","modified_gmt":"2016-01-19T10:53:33","slug":"network-file-share-using-smb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/raspberry-projects.com\/pi\/software_utilities\/file-sharing\/network-file-share-using-smb","title":{"rendered":"SMB-Network File Sharing"},"content":{"rendered":"

\nThe following instructions will set your RPi to share its files on your local network and be accessible by Windows.\n<\/p>\n

\nThis is based on the great guide here<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

\nInstall Samba
\n<\/h4>\n
\r\n\r\nsudo apt-get install samba samba-common-bin\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
\nSamba contains the SMB protocol, support for the Windows naming service (WINS), and support for joining Windows workgroups. Samba-common-bin contains a tool that you'll need to register users with Samba.\n<\/p>\n
\nConfigure Samba
\n<\/h4>\n
\r\n\r\nsudo nano \/etc\/samba\/smb.conf\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
\nSearch for the workgroup line (normally at the top) and if necessary set it to match your workgroup (if you don't need it set then it can just be left as default, works fine for us not changed)\n<\/p>\n
\nBelow it you'll find the wins support line, if there is a # at the start of the line remove it to stop it being commented out and then ensure it is set to "yes", so you should have:\n<\/p>\n
\r\n\r\nworkgroup = your_workgroup_name\r\nwins support = yes\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
\nAdd a section at the bottom which contains the settings for the share:\n<\/p>\n
\r\n\r\n[pihome]\r\n   comment= Pi Home\r\n   path=\/home\/pi\r\n   browseable=Yes\r\n   writeable=Yes\r\n   only guest=no\r\n   create mask=0777\r\n   directory mask=0777\r\n   public=no\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
\n \n<\/p>\n
\nChange path as required ( "path=\/" is fine if you want access to the entire drive).\n<\/p>\n
\nIf you want to permit read only access change writeable to "No"\n<\/p>\n
\nUse CTRL+X to save and exit.\n<\/p>\n
\nFinally add the pi user by typing this command and entering the pi's password twice:\n<\/p>\n
\r\n\r\nsudo smbpasswd -a pi\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
\nThat's it.  If you select "Network" in windows explorer device "RASPBERRYPI" should be found (it may take a minute or two to appear).  In it the "pihome" folder will be the folder you've shared.\n<\/p>\n
\nRestarting Samba
\n<\/h4>\n
\r\n\r\nsudo \/etc\/init.d\/samba restart\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
\n \n<\/p>\n
\n \n<\/p>\n
\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The following instructions will set your RPi to share its files on your local network and be accessible by Windows. This is based on the great guide here. Install Samba sudo apt-get install samba samba-common-bin Samba contains the SMB protocol, support for the Windows naming service (WINS), and support for joining Windows workgroups. Samba-common-bin contains a tool […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[121],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-file-sharing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/raspberry-projects.com\/pi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1271","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/raspberry-projects.com\/pi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/raspberry-projects.com\/pi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raspberry-projects.com\/pi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raspberry-projects.com\/pi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1271"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/raspberry-projects.com\/pi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1271\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2446,"href":"https:\/\/raspberry-projects.com\/pi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1271\/revisions\/2446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/raspberry-projects.com\/pi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raspberry-projects.com\/pi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raspberry-projects.com\/pi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}