![]() The mount point for the Pi will probably be the last (newest) entry in the result: Filesystem 512-blocks Used Available Capacity iused ifree %iused Mounted 122233368 7864672 114368696 7% 3932334 57184348 6% /Volumes/pi You can list all of the mount points on your Mac using the df command: $ df In the example above, the pi volume is listed. ![]() You can see the new mount point using the ls command: $ ls /Volumes/ When you connect using Finder, by default it adds the mount point to the /Volumes folder. ![]() In this step I'm going to show you some of the ways that you can access the remote volume using the command line. You can do that either through Finder or from the command line. You should now be able to access and transfer files to and from the Pi from your Mac. The new volume should now appear in Finder where you can see the test file. For volume selection, you may have only one option ( pi).When prompted, remember to enter your Pi username (i.e.Enter this address (substituting pi4 for for your pi hostname):.Select from the main menu Go / Connect to Server.Later I will show you how to connect using the command line. Connect to the Pi via Finder (Mac)įirst I'm going to show you how to connect to the remote Pi on a Mac using Finder. Once a remote connection is setup, you can look for this file to verify that you have access. ![]() Restart the Samba server using this command: $ sudo /etc/init.d/smbd restartĬheck the status to confirm that there wasn't an issue with the config file: $ sudo /etc/init.d/smbd statusĬreate a test file on your Raspberry Pi: $ echo 'This is a test.' > ~/test.txtĬonfirm that the file was created: $ cat ~/test.txt Create a Samba passwordĬreate a Samba password for remote access as user pi: $ sudo smbpasswd -a pi To configure Samba for read and write access, open up its configuration file using the nano text editor: $ sudo nano /etc/samba/smb.confįind the line that says read only and set it equal to no. Configure Samba for read and write access Status: "smbd: ready to serve connections." Look for lines like this to confirm that things are working: Active: active (running) since (DATE) 3min 21s ago Modify smb.conf to use WINS settings from DHCP?Ĭheck the status of the service to confirm that it was installed and is working: $ sudo /etc/init.d/smbd status You may get prompted with a dialog box that asks: Run this command to install Samba: $ sudo apt-get install samba samba-common-bin Get the latest updates by running this command: $ sudo apt-get update Remote login to the Raspberry Pi over ssh or open up a terminal window via the desktop. Now try to access the samba share, if all is well, repeat the process by editing smb.conf again and adding additional shares.This article covers how to transfer and access remote files on a Raspberry Pi using Samba. ![]() You need to restart these services separately instead sudo service smbd restart With init.d on previous debian releases samba restarted both smbd and nmbd, now it doesn't. If you are on Jessie you may see this error, it is because of systemd. Restart the samba server¨ sudo service samba restart Set a samba password for pi sudo smbpasswd -a pi If you don't want to be able to delete files you can delete the read only = no line #This is the name of the share it will show up as when you browseĪssuming the hostname of your pi is RaspberryPI, the path of this share is now \\RASPBERRYPI\TV or \\RASPBERRYPI.IP\TVĬtrl+X, Y and Enter to save and exit nano Paste this code, you may have to uncomment force user = root by deleting the # if you can't access the share, it may also be necessary to enable write access to the share from remote machines Now you need to go to the bottom of the file, use Ctrl+V to skip down to the bottom quickly I am going to add my TV show folder in /mnt/usbstorage/TV Uncomment WINS support, change this line, it should enable the NETBIOS name RASPBERRYPI on your network # wins support = no Take a copy of the original samba share file sudo cp /etc/samba/smb.conf /etc/samba/smb.bakĮdit the samba configuration file sudo nano /etc/samba/smb.conf Make sure your user is the owner of the path you are trying to share via Samba sudo chown -R pi:pi /path/to/share Install the samba software sudo apt-get install samba samba-common-bin -y ![]()
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