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<section begin="intro" />Samba the Linux and Unix implementation [[SMB|SMB/CIFS (aka, Windows File Sharing)]]. If it is not included in a given OS distro, it can be installed easily to share files to XBMC (among other uses). Samba/SMB is often a good choice due to it being highly compatible with other computers, regardless of the OS.<section end="intro" /> | <section begin="intro" />Samba the Linux and Unix implementation [[SMB|SMB/CIFS (aka, Windows File Sharing)]]. If it is not included in a given OS distro, it can be installed easily to share files to XBMC (among other uses). Samba/SMB is often a good choice due to it being highly compatible with other computers, regardless of the OS.<section end="intro" /> | ||
Revision as of 18:39, 23 April 2014
SMB | Samba |
Samba the Linux and Unix implementation SMB/CIFS (aka, Windows File Sharing). If it is not included in a given OS distro, it can be installed easily to share files to XBMC (among other uses). Samba/SMB is often a good choice due to it being highly compatible with other computers, regardless of the OS.
Installing
- Gentoo
emerge samba
- Debian/Ubuntu
sudo apt-get install samba
Compile from source
Installing Samba regardless of distro
wget http://us4.samba.org/samba/ftp/samba-latest.tar.gz tar -xvf samba-latest.tar.gz cd samba-{version} ./configure make install
Configuring
Note: The example below is for a public share.
Samba's configuration is stored /etc/samba/smb.conf
. All the following items should be placed in that file.
Global configuration
[global] workgroup = <workgroup> netbios name = <name of server> server string = <title> log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m max log size = 50 map to guest = bad user socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192 local master = no dns proxy = no
- workgroup
- Should be set to the workgroup your home pc uses if you planning on accessing this share from a windows PC
- netbios name
- This is the name that will be displayed when browsing the your Network Neighborhood
- server string
- The title of the server that will be displayed in windows(This is not the share name)
[public] path = <dir to share> public = yes only guest = yes writable = yes
- path
- Set this to the path to be shared by samba
Run testparm
to check your smb.conf for internal correctness.
Finally resart samba service.
sudo service smdb restart # or sudo smbd restart