Rockpi4/Samba
ROCK Pi 4 > Samba
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On ROCK Pi 4, it is a common necessity to use Samba, which allows file and print sharing between Unix/Linux and Windows machines on the LAN.
Also, ROCK Pi 4 supports Common Internet File System (CIFS). CIFS, a file-sharing protocol, provides an open and cross-platform mechanism for requesting network server files and services.
This is a guide to using Samba On ROCK Pi 4.
Preparation
Before you start, update your packages including rockchip-fstab, rockchip-overlay, u-boot, kernel. See https://wiki.radxa.com/Rockpi4/radxa-apt.
Here we use system image, rockpi4_debian_stretch_lxde_armhf_20181105_2120-gpt.img.
Test
Test one, ROCK Pi 4 as Server, Ubuntu 16.04 PC as Client
- ROCK Pi 4 Server
sudo apt-get install cifs-utils sudo apt-get install samba
Add the contents at the end of file, /etc/samba/smb.conf
[rockpi4_share] comment = Home Public Folder browseable = yes path = /home/linaro/share create mask = 0777 guest ok = yes read only = no
- Ubuntu 16.04 PC Client
mkdir -p /data/rockpi4 sudo mount -t cifs //192.168.1.8/rockpi4_share /data/rockpi4 -o guest # format: mount -t fstype //Samba-Server-IP/EXPORT-FOLDER Samba-Client-Local-Folder -o guest ls /data/rockpi4
On PC, in directory /data/rockpi4, we can see files shared by ROCK Pi 4.
Test two, Ubuntu 16.0 PC as Server, ROCK Pi 4 as Client
- Ubuntu 16.0 PC Server
sudo apt-get install samba
Add the contents at the end of file, /etc/samba/smb.conf
[sandara_share] comment = Home Public Folder browseable = yes path = /data/sandara_share create mask = 0777 guest ok = yes read only = no
- ROCK Pi 4 Client
cd /home/linaro mkdir sandara sudo mount -t cifs //192.168.1.100/sandara_share /home/linaro/sandara -o guest # format: mount -t fstype //Samba-Server-IP/EXPORT-FOLDER Samba-Client-Local-Folder -o guest
On ROCK Pi 4, in directory /home/linaro/sandara, we can see files shared by Ubuntu 16.04 PC.
Troubleshooting
- If you have issue with samba and cifs, start a new post on the forum. https://forum.radxa.com/