Raspberry Pi – Install SAMBA Folder Sharing

SAMBA allows you to use SMB/CIFS to do traditional/ windows type file management over the network. You can access files and folders just like you would on a windows network without needing to install additional client software

Note:

Linux Security is separate from SAMBA. You must give appropriate permissions to files and folder in Linux

Install Samba

sudo apt-get install samba 

Edit Samba Configuration

sudo nano /etc/samba/smb.conf

At End of smb.conf Add

[share]
    path = /home/pi/shared
    read only = no
    public = yes
    writable = yes

[webRoot]
    path = /var/www/html
    read only = no
    public = yes
    writable = yes

Change Linux Permissions for HTML folder

• This example makes the HTML directory completely open for anyone on the network, and is generally a bad idea.

sudo chown pi /var/www/html

sudo chmod 777 /var/www/html

Restart Samba Service

sudo service smbd restart