raspberrypi-nas.md

Raspberry Pi NAS

1. Install NTFS and samba

# apt install ntfs-g3 samba samba-common-bin

2. Attach NAS drive to RasPi and get device name

$ fdisk -l
> Device     Boot Start      End  Sectors  Size Id Type
> /dev/sda1  *     2048 60061695 60059648 28.7G  c W95 FAT32 (LBA)

3. Create mount path and mount drive

# mkdir /media/hdd1
# mount -t auto /dev/sda1 /media/hdd1

4. Cretae copy of samba config and edit config

# cp /etc/samba/smb.conf /etc/samba/smb.conf.save
# nano /etc/samba/smb.conf

5. Make shared directories writable

#======================= Share Definitions =======================

...

# By default, the home directories are exported read-only. Change the
# next parameter to 'no' if you want to be able to write to them.
   read only = no
#              ^
#              Defaultly this is "yes", change it to "no"

6. Add network drive at the end of the file

[PINAS]
comment = PINAS
path = /media/hdd1/nas
valid users = @users
force group = users
create mask = 0660
directory mask = 0771
read only = no

7. Restart samba

# /etc/init.d/samba restart

8. Cretae nas user for authentication

# useradd nas -m -G users
# passwd nas

9. Add user to samba

# smbpasswd -a nas

10. Add drive to auto mount on reboot

# echo "/dev/sda1 /media/hdd1 auto noatime 0 0" >> /etc/fstab