Questions tagged [samba]
a free software implementation of the SMB/CIFS networking protocol, providing file and print services for Microsoft Windows clients.
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Network drive sharing when RPi is file server
I'm using a Pi4 as a file server. Everything was fine - USB drives are mounted, Samba shares makes them available to the network. No issues until I reformatted the drives as ext4. I moved the data, ...
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Raspberry Pi Samba time machine backup bottleneck
The Problem
I've setup my Raspberry Pi 1B+ running DietPi as a Time Machine backup destination as per this tutorial. I have attached a 2TB Western Digital USB 3.0 disk. Obviously this is an old Pi so ...
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Set up Wireguard AP and SMB Server on the same Pi
I have a Raspberry Pi that I'm using as a SMB server for a few months now.
I'm using raspbian without graphical interface on it.
I wanted it to be able to have a Wi-Fi Access Point that sends traffic ...
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Windows 10 -> Raspberry PI 4 Samba Share Speed extremely slow unless pause and resume
I've been trying to set up my Raspberry PI 4 as a home media server and was planning to use Samba to transfer files from my Windows 10 PC to the Raspberry PI. Currently, I get speeds of <5 MB/s ...
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How do I alter write permissions from root to specific user on a Samba raspberry pi nas using an exfat drive?
I've set up a nas with a raspberry pi and an exfat drive.
Unfortunately I can only read from my computer and not write since only root has write permissions on the drive and I cannot alter them using '...
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Cannot Mount Window Share Folder On Raspberry Pi
sudo mount -t cifs -o username=[Username],password=[Password],uid=1000,gid=1000 //192.168.100.90/TempFolder/MyFiles /mnt/NetworkBackup
error(112): Host is down
sudo smbclient -N -L //192.168.100....
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Raspberry Pi Samba Share Suddenly Unreachable on MacOS
System: macOS Monterey (12.4) 2021 Macbook Pro w/ M1 Pro
I have been using my Raspberry Pi as a Network Access Share (NAS) with Samba for around a year now without any issues. Today, however, I ...
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Can't use mkdir unless sudo is used
I lost my ssd on my pi and had to buy a new one, when installing the lite version of the OS I used the imager tool to create a "pi" user, since it does not do it automatically anymore. But ...
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Raspberry pi 4B 8 GB: Slow network performance with shared samba directory
I've set up an Raspberry pi in a network with Gigabit NICs.
On an SSD I have set up an shared SMB directory. The SSD itself writes with more than 400 Mbyte/s. Due to an encryption this drops to 160-...
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Samba compressed transfer over network under Raspbian?
I am currently using a Raspberry Pi 3 A+ as a NAS, and the bottleneck is the 100Mb ethernet adapter I am using.
Is it possible to configure Samba to automatically and transparently compress/decompress ...
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Error starting smbd.service
I am using my headless raspberri pi 4 running raspbian as a samba fileserver. It resides on my desktop (furniture).
Unfortunately, while I left my office, somebody by mistake pulled the plug.
After ...
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How can I fix a broken SMB share of a printer with Windows 10
I have a printer connected and configured to my Raspberry Pi. It is installed through CUPS and shared through SMB. For about half a year this worked flawless in printing from my Windows 10 laptop. All ...
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Samba - two users with different permissions same folder
I have HDD connected to Raspberry, mounted to /media/pi/shared.
Also i have configured Samba share:
[raspShare]
comment = Pi shared folder
path = /media/pi/shared
ready only = no
browseable = yes
only ...
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Convert network folder to USB drive
I know that the question sound creasy, but I will explain the purpose in a while.
I have a NAS at home with many storage space, shared as SMB/NFS folders in my network.
My idea would be to connect 1 ...
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Pi OMV NAS server: Access over internet
I am using OpenMediaVault for NAS management installed on Raspberry Pi. I am able to access my shared drive on my network using File Manager. I would like to access it from the internet (Different ...
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How can I mount a directory from one Raspberry Pi to another
I have the following problem:
I have 2 Raspberry Pi in my network and want to mount a directory from my Raspberry Pi 2, running Samba version 4.2.14-Debian to my new Raspberry Pi 4 running Samba ...
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Cant access external SSD directory
I am running my Raspberry Pi with raspbian via ssh. I installed samba in order to run a photo server that everyone at home could access. At first I could find the SSD in /media/pi and run samba fine. ...
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Can't connect to Samba from windows 10 via hostname (IP address works)
I'm trying to set up an old Raspberry Pi to be a simple file server on a home network. I've mounted a couple of USB sticks to use as storage; The first will appear as storage that's visible on Samba ...
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Samba - Map Network Drive - Raspberry Pi
I am stuck on Samba and Mapping a Network Drive from Windows to a Raspberry Pi. Windows Map Network Drive
I have successfully done it on the / directory...
But can't seem to do it on the root ...
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MDADM RAID 1 and Samba on gigabit ethernet only using 500mbps
I am using mdadm, samba and RPi4 to create a local nas for my house. It seems to work fine but when I transfer a file from the nas to my local machine, it doesn't use the full 1gbps and only uses ...
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Deleted file still takes up space?
I was using my SMB server and I uploaded 3GB worth of files. Turns out some things were wrong and I ended up deleting it. Before 60% of my 16 GB SD card was free, now it is more like 16% (2.2 GB ish). ...
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Raspberry Pi 4 8GB not showing up on network and isn't able to transfer files
I recently bought a Raspberry Pi 4 8gb that I am using as a local nas. When I got it I connected it to wifi, installed samba and got it configured - it worked perfectly (was accessible/discoverable/...
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Why is a mount of a remote samba share read only?
I have successfully mounted a samba share (from a Centos server) on my Raspberry Pi, but the share is read-only:
sudo mount -t cifs //ip.address/sharename /mnt/test -o user=username,vers=1.0
I have ...
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Sub-optimal Samba speeds (for external NTFS HDD)
So, I'm trying to setup a Samba share on my R Pi 4 for my home network. I'd really like it it be Samba because at lease 1 Win10 machine is involved.
The setup is as follows:
External USB 3 HDD is ...
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Changing password for Samba on RPi4
i succesfully installed and started samba with password as user1. Lets call it password1.
But i have more raspberries running and i chose to put all passwords same to all of them, so i changed this ...
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Slow NTFS write speeds, on external USB drive?
I have my 4GB Pi4 set up with automount and have an NTFS formatted USB3 hard drive, connected via the USB 3 port.
Looking at the driver via the mount command:
/dev/sda1 on /media/Seagate_sda1 type ...
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RPI zero g_mass_storage using a directory
I am trying to use ad rpi zero to access a samba share present on my network so that I can access it to the tv.
I'll try to make it more clear: SMB server --> wifi --> rpi zero --> tv
I have ...
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Cannot access Samba USB share but can access folder share
Why can I access a Samba folder share on Windows 10 but not a USB drive share?
I have a samba share to a folder on my pi. I can access it from Windows. But when I try to connect to a USB device (...
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PI Zero W Mass storage device mode
I need some help regarding the mass storage mode with Raspberry PI Zero W.
This is my first time configuring this mode and I've found a lot of guides about it that only explain how to use the PI as ...
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Migrating From 3B+ to 4B. Easy Solution than reinstalling everything
I am using a lent 3B+ and now I will buy my own 4B. I have PMS, Pi-Hole, and Samba Server. I don't want to reinstall and re-configure everything again, is there an easy alternative?
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pi samba share permissions
So my current project is to have a full node bitcoin core on my pi4
currently following this guide: Bitcoin node guide
In this guide they reference an external hdd for the blockchain as currently the ...
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mount samba drives as a guest
I'm trying to mount a windows network drive as a guest. (on an rPi3+)
$ sudo mount -v -t cifs //WinMachine/tv /home/pi/SHARED/TV -o guest
and the response:
mount.cifs kernel mount options: ip=fd83:...
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Permission Denied error trying to access MacOS shared folder on my raspberrypi
I have an HD plugged on my mac mini shared over my local network through SMB.
I want to mount this folder on my raspberrypi using:
sudo mount -t cifs //SERVER_IP/FOLDER ~/macshare/ -o user=USER
but ...
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Rpi freezes when I want to look at my cam pics or even when I want to copy the folder to my local pc
I have a rpi that gets the snapshots of my 2 ip cams over FTP. All devices are cable connected (rj45). In between a simple unmanaged gigabit switch. The pictures are saved on a usb HDD of 500Gig (...
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Cannot reach Internet after assigning fixed IP address in dhcpcd.conf
Hardware: Pi 2
OS: Raspberry Pi OS 32-bit
No firewall. Running over ethernet (no WiFi card)
I am following a tutorial to set up a Pi as a file server for home. For this, I need to install Samba. ...
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Issue with 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' and samba installation
I've been trying to install Samba on my Raspberry Pi, but seem to have created a broader issue in the process.
The steps to the issue were the following:
I ran the install code:
sudo apt-get install ...
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How to delete SMB shortcuts/links from the desktop?
I used File Manager to browse some files on my NAS:
//BACKUP/Files
When I did so, a shortcut (or symlink) was automatically placed on my desktop.
Now I cannot delete this item. When I attempt to do so,...
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RPI samba stopped working
Allo
I had some power shortages recently that (most likely) caused samba to stop working.
samba --version shows version 4.9.5-debian
I am connecting from Win10. When I try "Add network drive"...
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Samba: Windows 10 connects to one Pi, but not another
I've had a Samba share for a while on a general-purpose Pi running Raspbian with a desktop. Now I want to migrate that function to its own dedicated Pi running Raspbian Lite. (headless)
So I started ...
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Raspberry PI SMB User from Windows 10
I'm at my wit's end. I have an external drive connected to a raspberry pi 4 which I am ultimately trying to connect to from a Windows 10 computer via samba.
Using this script I was finally able to get ...
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When uploading from WinSCP: How to mount an external samba drive to give all users write and file rename permissions? [closed]
I have a raspberry pi behind a Fritzbox router that also doubles as a nas with a drive connected via USB.
I have mounted the nas to the pi's "/media/fritzbox-usb" directory and would like ...
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SMB performance incredibly slow
I've recently hooked up an ext4 formatted external USB3.0 harddrive to my Raspberri PI 4 (USB3.0 slot) and shared it in my network using Samba. The first upload to the drive went smoothly, but every ...
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Configure Pi4 to create files in root of mounted Samba share
I cannot create files and directories of the root folder of a mounted Samba share on my Pi4. I am 98% certain that this is a client-side issue with the Pi4 and not a server configuration problem for ...
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How to record to NAS from TVHeadend running on Raspberry Pi 4
Sorry if I unintentionally transgress any forum etiquette - in all my time looking for answers to questions I have been able to get there through searching and have never actually had to post a ...
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How to solve this problem? I cant install samba in my Raspberry Pi 3 Always give error
root@MyHome:/# sudo apt-get install samba
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
attr ibverbs-...
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Raspberry Pi & Ubuntu fileshare through etho, internet through wlan0
I have a RaspberryPi set-up through wifi to work as a samba server (external harddrive). It works great and all my devices can connect to it.
I also have an old laptop I'm setting up as an Ubuntu Kodi ...
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Pi 3 nextcloud server and NAS
Is it possible to use something like dietpi, install nextcloud as well as have a NAS in the same thing accessing the same files? What I would like is a system where I can access the NAS via my Linux ...
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Setting the max size visble for Time Machine shares
I have a quick question on a time machine share that I've set up.
I am wondering how to set the max size for a time machine share in the smb.conf file. Shown below is the smb.conf file I have at the ...
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Improve samba speed transfer
I've just setup a samba server on an old RPI 1. I've mounted a external hard drive, run some tests and got about 20 MB/s speed.
Then did the same thing for my ehternet setup, got around 3,5 MB/s ...
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Failed to start Samba SMB Daemon Raspbian Buster Pi3
I updated Jessie Raspbian to Strectch then Buster (Debian 10) on Pi3
Samba was ok on Jessie but does not work anymore due to Failed to start Samba SMB Daemon
when I want to start smbd service, below ...
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