Rpi_NAS_things.txt

Assumes Pi is setup and running sshd.

Note: how to shutdown the RPi, "sudo shutdown -h now"

Assumes you have an external USB drive formatted to NTFS and know the LABEL of it.
(allows you to also connect the USB drive to a Windows PC, much more convenient)

sudo apt-get install ntfs-3g

sudo fdisk -l     <-- will show connected drives, ext USB drive should show as /dev/sda1

make a place to mount it under '/media'
sudo mkdir /media/1TB      <-- my USB 1 Tb drive label = "1TB"
for right now, manually mount the USB drive
sudo mount -t auto /dev/sda1 /media/1TB   <-- we will redo this later to automount

see if the drive is there (assumes there's something on the drive!)
ls -al /media/1TB
see section: automount USB drive

We need Samba so that Windows can see the Pi on your Network. Note that samba is case insensitive, WORKGROUP and workgroup are the same to samba.
sudo apt-get install samba
sudo apt-get install samba-common-bin

At this point on your Windows PC you should be able to see the Pi. Actually "RPi" in my case.
In Windows, Double-click Computer, single-click "Network" (bottom left)
(or type in address bar "\\<ip of raspi>" or try "\\<name of raspi" like this "\\RPi"

--------------- Samba Config
Now we need to share the USB drive. Note: this will share the entire drive to anyone.
If you only want to share one directory, just add directory to line in smb.config "path = /media/1TB/Videos"

sudo cp /etc/samba/smb.conf /etc/samba/smb.conf.bak  <-- make a backup just in case
sudo nano /etc/samba/smb.conf  <-- johnm uses vi instead of nano
 - note: My smb.conf config file is appended to the end of this file

sudo /etc/init.d/samba restart

---------------- automount USB drive
All users will have read/write permission

"sudo vi /etc/fstab", add at bottom

# mount USB Drives here
LABEL=1TB       /media/1TB      ntfs-3g defaults  0       0

save it!

(in case you have power switched off on USB drive at startup)
sudo mount -a       <-- will mount all drives it sees


-------------------------------- My samba config file "/etc/samba/smb.conf"
#======================= Global Settings =======================
[global]

   workgroup = WORKGROUP

   server string = Media Server

# Note: Samba can be either a WINS Server, or a WINS Client, but NOT both
#   wins server = w.x.y.z

   dns proxy = no

  name resolve order = bcast host

#### Networking ####

#   interfaces = 127.0.0.0/8 eth0

#   bind interfaces only = yes

   log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m

   max log size = 50

   syslog = 0

   panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d

   security = share
   map to guest = Bad user

   usershare allow guests = yes

[Media]
comment = media access
path = /media/1TB
public = yes
only guest = yes
writeable = yes
browseable = yes