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    libreelec samba config easy...how to do it on retro&kodi

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      mefairo
      last edited by

      Hi, had libreelec on my pi2 and on libreelec menus its very easy to set samba and username password for access...So i could see my external hdd etc under windows network and access it with my defined password...

      Yesterday i took a shot for retropie and installed installed kodi from retropie app menu...Everything works great but i spent hours to find and set the samba ...

      How do i set a username and password for my ex hdd and access it from windows network?

      thank you very much

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        mefairo
        last edited by

        ok i got it...

        its not as simple as libreelec setup but hope a guide for me like newbies...

        i downloaded putty ssh client to pc and than connected to my pie by typing the ip address of raspberry.

        username : pi
        password: raspberry

        after that type this line : sudo nano /etc/samba/smb.conf

        note: if they have # character delete it. eg: # workgroup = WORKGROUP
        workgroup = WORKGROUP
        wins support = yes

        than go very down of the page and add these lines but change the path part and depo parts as your configuration. <depo is my folders name and path is where my external hard drive is>

        [depo]
        comment = depo
        path = "/media/usb1"
        writeable = yes
        guest ok = yes
        create mask = 0644
        directory mask = 0755
        force user = pi

        press CTRL and X , press Y key and enter...

        type : sudo /etc/init.d/samba restart

        and its done...

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          Rascas
          last edited by

          Quit Emulation Statio to terminal (or login via SSH) and run the following command to set a password for user "pi" (change "pi" to set a password for another user):

          sudo smbpasswd -a -s pi
          

          You can edit samba settings by editing the file:
          /etc/samba/smb.conf

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            mefairo
            last edited by

            now i have another problem, the data transfer from pc to rom directory is 10mbit but to my ex hdd its 60kb sec...

            what could be the matter ?

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