Enable SAMBA server - AwkwardTV

Enable SAMBA server - AwkwardTV

Enable SAMBA server

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Contents [hide] 1 Introduction 2 Prerequisites 3 Installation 4 Configuration 4.1 Configuration file 4.2 Password 4.3 Service 5 Automatic loading at boot

[edit] Introduction

SAMBA is an ethernet based service wich allows to share files and printers.

This how-to bases on the AwkwardTV forum SMB in reverse.

[edit] Prerequisites

This method bases on the installation via SSH. Following this method, the extracting and editing commands will work directly on the AppleTV.

[edit] Installation

The installation bases on the MacPorts project and its Samba package. The idea is to install a SAMBA service on an Intel Mac and copy it to the AppleTV. Luckily, you won't have to do this yourself, as the result is downloadable.

• Download http://netpbx.de/tmp/samba3_macports_bin.tar.bz2.

• Copy it to your AppleTV via scp or Fugu to /Users/frontrow/Documents/.

• Extract it:

ssh frontrow@AppleTV.local
sudo -s
tar -xvjpf /Users/frontrow/Documents/samba3_macports_bin.tar.bz2 -C /

[edit] Configuration

[edit] Configuration file

The server configuration is found in /opt/local/etc/samba3/smb.conf.

Edit it:

cp /opt/local/etc/samba3/smb.conf.sample /opt/local/etc/samba3/smb.conf
nano -w /opt/local/etc/samba3/smb.conf

Editing the configuration can be a tedious process. The simplest thing to do is to modify the proper part in order to have:

[homes]
comment = Home Directories
browseable = yes
writable = yes

[edit] Password

The SAMBA passwords are different from the user login ones. Give the user frontrow a password:

/opt/local/bin/smbpasswd -a frontrow

[edit] Service

The service is now ready to be started:

/opt/local/sbin/smbd -c /opt/local/etc/samba3/smb.conf
/opt/local/sbin/nmbd -c /opt/local/etc/samba3/smb.conf

Test if from your Mac's Finder menu: Go -> Connect to Server... (Cmd-K), give the server address smb://AppleTV.local and follow the indications.

The chosen directories are mounted on /Volumes/. You can unmount them from there, either from the Finder or from the Terminal.

[edit] Automatic loading at boot

Automatically loading the Samba service at boot can be done with the help of /etc/rc.local. Create or edit the file and add the commands from the following listing:

# rc.local

# start the SAMBA service
/opt/local/sbin/smbd -c /opt/local/etc/samba3/smb.conf
/opt/local/sbin/nmbd -c /opt/local/etc/samba3/smb.conf

Unmount the Samba shares, restart the AppleTV and try mounting them again.