{"id":18440,"date":"2023-02-05T19:34:21","date_gmt":"2023-02-05T18:34:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nerdiy.de\/?p=18440"},"modified":"2023-02-05T19:34:26","modified_gmt":"2023-02-05T18:34:26","slug":"howto-openmediavault-windows-share-or-smb-server-setup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nerdiy.de\/en\/howto-openmediavault-windows-share-or-smb-server-setup\/","title":{"rendered":"HowTo: OpenMediaVault - Set up Windows share or SMB server"},"content":{"rendered":"

One becomes really practical NAS (Raspberry Pi \u2013 NetworkAttachedStorage \/ build your own NAS with a Raspberry Pi 4)<\/a><\/em><\/strong> Of course, only if you can access it from anywhere in the network. This is the only way to store or retrieve data. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In order to distribute media such as photos, videos or music, there is of course the option of making them available using a DLNA server. (Info here: OpenMediaVault \u2013 Install DLNA plugin for media streaming<\/a><\/em><\/strong>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this way, however, the data can only be retrieved. One way to save them is to share individual folders or drives via SMB or Windows share. SMB means that Server Message Block Protocol<\/a><\/em><\/strong> which is sometimes also called CIFS (Common Internet File System).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once shared via the SMB protocol, you can access it from any computer that supports this protocol (and is connected to the same network). Access from smartphones is also possible with certain apps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to set up such a release is described in the following article.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Requirements<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Before you start with this article, you should have prepared the Raspberry Pi so that it can be reached via the network and controlled via SSH. It should also have OpenMediaVault installed and running.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The following articles describe what needs to be done to prepare your Raspberry Pi:<\/p>\n\n\n\n