Introduction

Today, I will discuss how to set up <span>Samba</span> on Raspberry Pi for file sharing.

Installation

sudo pacman -S samba

The configuration file is located at <span>/etc/samba/smb.conf</span>, but when you check this path, you will find it is empty.

After searching for a while, I finally found a solution in Using Samba on Manjaro for Cross-System File Sharing in Local Area Network – JianShu^[1]. You need to install <span>manjaro=settings-samba</span>

sudo pacman -S manjaro-settings-samba

Once installed, it will be available.

Add User

sudo smbpasswd -a xxx # Create a user

Note that if the user does not exist on your computer, you cannot add them successfully. For example, if you use <span>test</span>, it will report the following error.

sudo smbpasswd -a test
New SMB password:
Retype new SMB password:
Failed to add entry for user test.

If you are not sure which users exist on the system, you can check with the following command:

cat /etc/passwd

Add New User

If you want to add a new user, you can create a new group and then add the new user.

sudo groupadd test1 -g 6000 # Create test1 user group
sudo useradd test1 -u 6000 -g 6000 -s /sbin/nologin -d /dev/null # Add test1 to the test1 user group and set it to not allow login

At this point, you can use <span>smbpasswd -a test1</span> to successfully add the user.

Configuration

Create a <span>share</span> folder under <span>home</span> for file sharing.

Open <span>/etc/samba/smb.conf</span> and add the following content at the end. Modify the path according to your situation.

[shared]
    comment = Samba Shared
    path = /home/test/share
    public = no
    valid users = test
    browseable = yes
    writable = yes
    create mask = 0777
    directory mask = 0777

Connection

Once configured, you can start connecting.

For example, on a Mac, open <span>Finder</span> and use the shortcut <span>cmd k</span> to open the Connect to Server interface.

In the input box, enter <span>smb://ip</span>, then select Connect, and enter the username and password to see the directory configured in <span>Samba</span>.

Conclusion

<span>Samba</span> can be quite complex with many configurations, but it is necessary for certain tasks, such as camera backups.