Linux noob in need of file sharing help.

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Paul1977

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#285904 24-May-2021 13:01

I'm new to Linux and am struggling getting something (that I thought would be easy) working on my home network.

I have two Raspberry Pis and a Windows 10 PC. Each Pi has a folder that I would like the other Pi to have read/write access to, and I would like the Windows PC to have read-only access to both. I don't want anyone else on the LAN to have access so would like password protection.

Can someone point me in the right direction here?

BlackHand

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#2712180 24-May-2021 13:04

Something like this might help you : https://pimylifeup.com/raspberry-pi-samba/

1yippy1

67 posts

Master Geek

#2712181 24-May-2021 13:05

https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/configuration/nfs.md

https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/remote-access/samba.md

marpada

475 posts

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#2712182 24-May-2021 13:06

BlackHand:

Something like this might help you : https://pimylifeup.com/raspberry-pi-samba/

This

chevrolux

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#2712184 24-May-2021 13:09

Yea as above...

sudo apt install samba

Paul1977

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#2712208 24-May-2021 13:35

Thanks guys, I hadn't done the password bit, but now that I have I'm getting prompted in windows for login credentials (looks promising), but then get the message that it's not accessible?

Also in testing when I have it set to public=yes and writeable=yes I can view the shared folder contents, but get an "access denied" error when attempting to write.

EDIT: OK, I sorted the write problems on a public share my altering the actual file permissions in linux. But am still unable to access the share that isn't public - rejects credentials.

Paul1977

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#2712278 24-May-2021 14:37

Linux side of it all working, but was still having issues connecting from Windows. Weirdly a Windows reboot seems to have sorted it.

jamesrt

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#2712381 24-May-2021 15:22

Paul1977: Weirdly a Windows reboot seems to have sorted it.

... and that's the reason we call it the "Microsoft Solution" at work... ;-)