Samba

⇐Additional Software

Install Samba

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get upgrade

sudo apt-get install samba samba-common-bin

create a share, e.g.

sudo mkdir -m 1755 /share

to create a share under which more directories can be created for specific needs

configure the share

edit /etc/samba/smb.conf

to contain similar to...

[share]

Comment = Pi shared folder

Path = /share

Browseable = yes

Writeable = Yes

only guest = no

create mask = 0755

directory mask = 0755

Public = yes

Guest ok = no

and test by running

sudo testparm

we need to create samba users (e.g. MFP)

$ sudo /usr/sbin/useradd --shell /bin/bash -m MFP

$ sudo passwd MFP

$ sudo smbpasswd -a MFP

and start service

sudo service smbd restart