Mount shared volume on linux (Raspberry Pi)

Linux-Samba-sharing.txt

# on host (eg: 192.168.0.111)
sudo apt-get install samba samba-common-bin
sudo vi /etc/samba/smb.conf

# create directory with correct permissions that can be exposed via Samba
 sudo mkdir -p /mnt/drive01
 sudo chown -R pi:pi /mnt/drive01

# add sections within /etc/samba/smb.conf
[Pi Media Share]
  path = /mnt/drive01/Media
  writeable = yes
  create mask = 0777
  directory mask = 0777
  public = yes


[PiBackups]
  path = /mnt/drive01/backups
  writeable = yes
  create mask = 0777
  directory mask = 0777
  public = yes

# end sections within /etc/samba/smb.conf


# start Samba running on host
sudo systemctl start smbd

# check that Samba is running on host
sudo systemctl status smbd


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# on client

# within /etc/fstab
# host IP and name of mount from host's /etc/samba/smb.conf section
//192.168.0.111/PiBackups  /mnt/pi_plex_share cifs user=pi,pass=YESTHISISTHEACTUALPASSWORD 0 0