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Raspberry Pi 3 Cookbook for Python Programmers
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When you have Raspberry Pi connected to your network, you can access the home folder by setting up file sharing; this makes it much easier to transfer files and provides a quick and easy way to back up your data. Server Message Block (SMB) is a protocol that is compatible with Windows file sharing, OS X, and Linux.
Ensure that you have Raspberry Pi powered and running with a working connection to the internet.
You will also need another computer on the same local network to test the new share.
First, we need to install samba
, a piece of software that handles folder sharing in a format that is compatible with Windows sharing methods:
update
as follows to obtain the latest list of available packages:sudo apt-get updatesudo apt-get install samba
The install will require around 20 MB of space and take a few minutes.
sudo cp /etc/samba/smb.conf /etc/samba/smb.conf.backupsudo nano /etc/samba/smb.conf
Scroll down and find the section named Authentication
; change the # security = user
line to security = user
.
As described in the file, this setting ensures that you have to enter your username and password for Raspberry Pi in order to access the files (this is important for shared networks).
Find the section called Share Definitions
and [homes]
, and change the read only = yes
line to read only = no
.
This will allow us to view and also write files to the shared home folder. Once done, save and exit by pressing Ctrl + X, Y, and Enter.
If you have changed the default user from pi
to something else, substitute it in the following instructions.
pi
(the default user) to use samba
:sudo pdbedit -a -u pi
samba
to use the new configuration file, as follows:sudo /etc/init.d/samba restart[ ok ] Stopping Samba daemons: nmbd smbd.[ ok ] Starting Samba daemons: nmbd smbd.
hostname
(the default hostname
is raspberrypi
) or its IP address. You can find both of these with the following command:hostname
-I
:hostname -I
On another computer on the network, enter the \raspberrypipi
address in the
explorer path.
Depending on your network, the computer should locate Raspberry Pi on the network and prompt for a username and password. If it can't find the share using the hostname
, you can use the IP address directly, where 192.168.1.69
should be changed to match the IP address \192.168.1.69pi
.
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