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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 Kodi (among other uses). Samba/SMB is often a good choice due to it being highly compatible with other computers, regardless of the OS.

http://www.samba.org

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)

Share configuration

[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

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-:'''''Note:''' The term "samba" is often used interchangeably with "'''[[SMB]]'''" (aka, Windows File Sharing). You may be looking for that page instead.''
+<section begin="intro" />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 Kodi (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" />
+* http://www.samba.org
-*http://www.samba.org
+== Installing ==
-==Installing==
 ;Gentoo
-: <pre>emerge samba</pre>
+<syntaxhighlight lang="bash" enclose="div">emerge samba</syntaxhighlight>
 ;Debian/Ubuntu
-: <pre>sudo apt-get install samba</pre>
+<syntaxhighlight lang="bash" enclose="div">sudo apt-get install samba</syntaxhighlight>
-;Compile from source
+=== Compile from source ===
 Installing Samba regardless of distro
-:<pre>wget http://us4.samba.org/samba/ftp/samba-latest.tar.gz</pre>
+<syntaxhighlight lang="bash" enclose="div">
-:<pre>tar -xvf samba-latest.tar.gz</pre>
+wget http://us4.samba.org/samba/ftp/samba-latest.tar.gz
-:<pre>cd samba-{version}</pre>
+tar -xvf samba-latest.tar.gz
-:<pre>./configure</pre>
+cd samba-{version}
-:<pre>make install</pre>
+./configure
+make install</syntaxhighlight>
-==Configuring==
+== Configuring ==
-:'''Note:''' The example below is for a public share.
+{{Note|The example below is for a public share.}}
 Samba's configuration is stored <code>/etc/samba/smb.conf</code>. All the following items should be placed in that file.
-* Global configuration
+=== Global configuration ===
-<pre>
+<syntaxhighlight lang="xml" enclose="div">
 [global]
 workgroup = <workgroup>
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 local master = no
 dns proxy = no
-</pre>
+</syntaxhighlight>
 :;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)
-* Share configuration
+=== Share configuration ===
-<pre>
+<syntaxhighlight lang="xml" enclose="div">
 [public]
 path = <dir to share>
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 only guest = yes
 writable = yes
-</pre>
+</syntaxhighlight>
 :;path
 ::Set this to the path to be shared by samba
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 Run <code>testparm</code> to check your smb.conf for internal correctness.
-==Mac OS X==
+Finally resart samba service.
-{{see also|SMB/Mac}}
+<syntaxhighlight lang="bash" enclose="div">
-Mac OS X from v10.5 and below also came with Samba for SMB file sharing, but later switched to a different implementation of SMB for v10.7, though it still pretty much works the same way.
+sudo service smdb restart
+# or
-==See also==
+sudo smbd restart
-*[[SMB]]
+</syntaxhighlight>
-*[[File sharing]]
-[[Category:Supplemental tools]]
+== See also ==
-[[Category:File servers]]
+* [http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/using_samba/ch06.html Using samba]
-[[Category:File Sharing|*]]
+* [https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Samba/Tips_and_tricks Samba tips and tricks]
-[[Category:Linux]]
-[[Category:Ubuntu]]
-[[Category:Mac OS X]]

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