[Addon] Samba Upgrade

rern

[Addon] Samba Upgrade
Tested on RPi3
for RuneAudio 0.3 and 0.4b

- RuneAudio already installed samba4-rune (samba 4.3.4)
- Upgrading to latest Samba, 4.9.4 as of 20190113, with custom configuration should improve transfer speed by 30%, from 8MB/s up to 11MB/s, on wired network (saturated 100Mbps)

Before Install
Prepare for install dialogs:

- Server name (shown in Windows network)
- Read-only share name (a directory with this name will be create if not exist)
- Read+write share name (a directory with this name will be create if not exist)
- root password (blank will fall back to default rune)

Install
from Addons Menu

ianhaynes

Rern,

Could you clarify the above instructions please.

The first dialog I get (apart from the warning about not being able to downgrade) is a request to insert a USB drive. Is this just used for the Samba installation or is it needed permanently?

Is the 'server name' mentioned above literally the name of the player I see, ie 'RUNEAUDIO' in my instance? (if I look at this I see three Musicstore network folders).

Your help appreciated.

Ian

rern

Ian,

This Samba addon will use 1st USB drive, as /dev/sda1, to create directories and share them for Windows to access. SD card alone will have little to share. If you change the USB drive later, you have to manually edit the shares in /etc/samba/smb-dev.conf.

The server name is the name that shows when you browse network in Windows or when map network shares like \\SeverName\sharename