Samba – arch wiki

Quick and easy

Use the scripts in your home directory provided by arcolinux-bin-git.

Run script 1, 2 and 3.

Evaluate what happens to your system and change it if needed.

This smb.conf is different as the one in the arcolinux-meta-plasma.
There are also other examples in /etc/samba folder.
Compare and create your own.

Install the meta package.

sudo pacman -S arcolinux-meta-samba

Most of the technical steps have been taken care.

Create a user and give the user a password

sudo smbpasswd -a erik

Now give the user a password.

Edit /etc/samba/smb.conf to your liking. You can use the alias nsamba to edit it.

In the video we create a folder called “SHARED” in your home folder and we make it accessible to others.

This smb.conf is different as the one in the .bin/main/samba folder.
There are also other examples in /etc/samba folder.
Compare and create your own.

sudo pacman -S --noconfirm --needed nemo-share
sudo pacman -S --noconfirm --needed nautilus-share
sudo pacman -S --noconfirm --needed caja-share
sudo pacman -S --noconfirm --needed kdenetwork-filesharing
sudo pacman -S --noconfirm --needed thunar-shares-plugin

When you install the arcolinux-meta-samba package you will see the possible options at the end.