New Samba usage page #958
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Added link to Samba page
bennuttall
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| 1. Open the Networking and Sharing Centre by right clicking on the system tray and selecting. |
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Best to use 1. for every numbered item (they still get numbered automatically) as it makes it easy to edit/add/remove bullets without renumbering
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| ### Installing CIFS/Samba support | ||
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| By default, Raspbian does not include CIFS/Samba support, but it can easily be added. The following commmand will install all the required components for using Samba as a server or a client. | ||
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Best to use bash as the "language" of the code block for syntax highlighting purposes
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| 4. Select Turn on file and printer sharing | ||
| 5. Save changes | ||
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| #### Share the folder |
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I can't tell if these headers are supposed to be nested or not - but this is H4 which is quite granular
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| #### Mount the folder on the Raspberry Pi | ||
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| 'Mounting' in Linux is the process of attaching a folder to a location, so firstly we need that location. | ||
| ```mkdir windowshare``` |
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Not a huge deal but one line code blocks look better presented when treated like multi-line ones
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| That should be enough to share the folder. On your windows device, when you browse the network, the folder should appear and you should be able to connect to it. | ||
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Possible to get a screenshot of the share showing up in e.g. Windows?
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Applied my edits |
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Added a "How to use Samba" page