It allows your Linux machines to “speak Windows” when it comes to file shares.

But wouldn’t it be handy if you could simply navigate to the Pi’s files the way you would a shared drive in the Windows world? Well, good news - that’s what Samba is for. Perhaps you use FTP and something like Filezilla to send files back and forth, or maybe you’ve gotten comfortable enough with the git command line in Linux to do things that way. One thing that you’ve probably noticed is that working with files on the Pi is a bit of a hassle. As such, working with a Raspberry Pi is sort of like coming home in a way, and I thought I’d offer up some Linux goodness for any of you who are mainly.

My background is a bit more eclectic, and, before starting with C# and WPF full time in 2010, I spent a lot of years working with C++ and Java in Linux. NET space and within the Microsoft technology ecosystem in general.

If I had to guess at this blog’s readership demographic, I’d imagine that the majority of readers work mainly in the. Category: Home Automation Tags: Raspberry Pi, Samba | 12 Comments

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