Raspberrypi : Step-by-Step Configuration as a Samba Server
If you want to use your RPI as a 24x7 on file sharing server, you need to follow the instructions given below to install SAMBA server in you RPI. Install the samba server using following command sudo apt-get install samba samba-common-bin Add new user group for samba using following commad sudo groupadd sambausers Add new user and add this user to samba user group sudo useradd -G sambausers testuser Set password for this user using following command sudo passwd testuser Create directory to setup samba share (create directory in usb drive in my example) sudo mkdir /media/usb0/share sudo chown :sambausers /media/usb0/share/ Open samba configuration file and update as shown below sudo nano /etc/samba/smb.conf security = user [share] comment = RPI Share path = /media/usb0/share valid users = @users force group = sambausers read only = No create mask = 0660 directory mask = 0771 Restart samba service using following com