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== Installing == | == Installing == | ||
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<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">emerge samba</syntaxhighlight> | <syntaxhighlight lang="bash" enclose="div">emerge samba</syntaxhighlight> | ||
;Debian/Ubuntu | ;Debian/Ubuntu | ||
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">sudo apt-get install samba</syntaxhighlight> | <syntaxhighlight lang="bash" enclose="div">sudo apt-get install samba</syntaxhighlight> | ||
=== Compile from source === | === Compile from source === | ||
Installing Samba regardless of distro | Installing Samba regardless of distro | ||
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wget http://us4.samba.org/samba/ftp/samba-latest.tar.gz | wget http://us4.samba.org/samba/ftp/samba-latest.tar.gz | ||
tar -xvf samba-latest.tar.gz | tar -xvf samba-latest.tar.gz | ||
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=== Global configuration === | === Global configuration === | ||
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[global] | [global] | ||
workgroup = <workgroup> | workgroup = <workgroup> | ||
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=== Share configuration === | === Share configuration === | ||
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[public] | [public] | ||
path = <dir to share> | path = <dir to share> | ||
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Finally resart samba service. | Finally resart samba service. | ||
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sudo service smdb restart | sudo service smdb restart | ||
Revision as of 06:50, 14 March 2014
Information: The term "samba" is often used interchangeably with "SMB" (aka, Windows File Sharing). You may be looking for that page instead.
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