lost trying to set up pogo-eo2 as local file server

[lordesp27]

ive been looking for some solution to my problem but cant see one. im trying to access my pogo local file server from a windows but cant access it. i can see the share folder though. i copied the samba configuration on top. is there a line that i need to add in order for it to be access by windows?

[pepedog]

Did you create a unix user with useradd
Did you create a samba user with smbpasswd
(hint, if you log into windows with a username and password, if linux has the same you will go straight in)
Is your windows machine in the same workgroup as your pogo

[lordesp27]

yes it is in the same workgroup. havent created any of those. do i have to create 1 even though i wanted it to be accessible to everyone at home? thanks for the quick respone

[rty]

If your intention is to set a network shared folder which everyone in your family can read, write, or delete files on the shared folder, you don't need to create user for each of the family member. For example, I have a folder called /public which I want everyone in my family/LAN to have full access. Here are the steps I took:

$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', 'mkdir /public
chmod -R 777 /public
nano /etc/samba/smb.conf')

Replace the content of smb.conf with the following text and save it. Of course, you should change the workgroup name to the same workgroup name of your Windows PCs:

$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', '
[global]
workgroup = WHITEHOUSE
server string = First Lady Samba Server
netbios name = MICHELLE
name resolve order = bcast host
disable netbios = no
security = user
null passwords = yes
map to guest = bad user
log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
max log size = 50
dns proxy = no
socket options = TCP_NODELAY IPTOS_LOWDELAY SO_KEEPALIVE SO_RCVBUF=131072 SO_SNDBUF=131072 SO_KEEPALIVE
use sendfile = yes
min receivefile size = 16384
write cache size = 1097152
read raw = yes
write raw = yes
load printers = no
printing = bsd
printcap name = /dev/null
disable spools = yes
strict allocate = yes

[Public]
path = /public
available = yes
read only = no
public = yes
writable = yes
guest ok = yes
browseable = yes')

Restart Samba:

$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', 'systemctl restart smbd
systemctl restart nmbd')

Enjoy!

[lordesp27]

thank you soooooo much rty!!! now its working!! now i like to learn and explore more this little pogo

[rty]

You're welcome!

Here are my recommendation for you to install and play with:

Pogoplug Cloud-engines
Transmission or rTorrent
MiniDLNA

[michif100]

I still can not get it to work with my Win 8 Pro PC.

Everything works fine with two other Win 7 Pro PCs, but Win 8 seems to a big mess regarding Samba connectivity.
Any recommendations?

[Socaltom]

Google windows 8 and samba. It looks like windows 8 doesn't play nice, but there are workarounds.
Tom

[michif100]

Allright, installing Samba 4 did the job. Now everything works fine.

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