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I have a usb ssd drive that I want to be able to add and remove files from on my pi3.. I am trying to use these instructions (http://raspberrywebserver.com/serveradm ... twork.html), but I am not sure of the path to the drive to be able to fill that part out... and will this allow me to do what I want it to? I just want to move video files from a computer to the drive via wifi.. I already can use putty to ssh into the machine. but it does not show up on my windows network (well it sort of does it says there is a Linux computer attached)

MuppetMikey wrote:I have a usb ssd drive that I want to be able to add and remove files from on my pi3.. I am trying to use these instructions (http://raspberrywebserver.com/serveradm ... twork.html), but I am not sure of the path to the drive to be able to fill that part out... and will this allow me to do what I want it to? I just want to move video files from a computer to the drive via wifi.. I already can use putty to ssh into the machine. but it does not show up on my windows network (well it sort of does it says there is a Linux computer attached)

This is a newer Blog:

http://priyabgeek.blogspot.co.uk/2016/1 ... samba.html


I believe if your Windows Machine is using HomeGroup Sharing it will not see non Windows Machine, but I am not a Windows User..

I have gotten it set up for the most part but when I use smbpasswd -a pi it give me options list , but doesn't ask me to input a password.. if I just type smbpasswd it ask for the old pass word wich I do not know. so changing it fails.. I can see and try to access the pi form my windows machine but it asks for credentials and a pass word wich leads me back to the issue above..

whats my credentials for access via samba I have tried pi with raspberry as the password, as well as pi with my own password I set the pi too

ok so I changed the smb config file so that now I can access the files.. but they are just a bunch of empty files and my usb hard drive is not listed there..
this is not a huge issue I can hot swap the dirve onto my other computer and add the files that way.. I just wanted to figure out how to not have to swap the drive , but really its no big deal..

Since you can ssh into your Pi (+ HDD) why not use an SFTP client such as FileZilla (since an SFTP server runs as part of the "SSH service"). I've never bothered with Samba on a Pi (having found it too finicky "way back" with a Fedora/SE Linux PC + XP netbook setup) especially as there's nothing to set up on the Pi (you login via port 22 from the client as you would for SSH). Whilst I'm sure there are other clients the FileZilla "panelled GUI" is quite "friendly".
Trev.

FTrevorGowen wrote:Since you can ssh into your Pi (+ HDD) why not use an SFTP client such as FileZilla (since an SFTP server runs as part of the "SSH service"). I've never bothered with Samba on a Pi (having found it too finicky "way back" with a Fedora/SE Linux PC + XP netbook setup) especially as there's nothing to set up on the Pi (you login via port 22 from the client as you would for SSH). Whilst I'm sure there are other clients the FileZilla "panelled GUI" is quite "friendly".
Trev.

is FileZilla something I download onto the pi or is it for windows?? I am just looking to be able to acess my usb ssd drive via my wifi network to move vid files onto and off from it.. does FileZilla fit the bill?

I might get a Ethernet cord, and check out that route as well.. never really tried with it corded yet

ok so I installed FileZilla and input the ip address of my pi and the port too 22 and my password, but I am getting an error connecting that says wrong port

MuppetMikey wrote:ok so I installed FileZilla and input the ip address of my pi and the port too 22 and my password, but I am getting an error connecting that says wrong port

Odd! What port do you use when you login via SSH (It's usually 22, but your setup may be different)?
Trev.

I use port 22 when ssh'ing the pi, and it works.. FileZilla does not have a place to put user name in along with the password.. wich I think might be the issue.. but I am not sure

MuppetMikey wrote:I use port 22 when ssh'ing the pi, and it works.. FileZilla does not have a place to put user name in along with the password.. wich I think might be the issue.. but I am not sure

W.r.t. "FileZilla does not have a place to put user name..." The version(s) I've used does(do) - there are at least two places to type in your login details etc. either in the "quickconnect" section of the task bar or via the site manager - I prefer the latter since, like PuTTy (which I use for just SSH connections), that has more options including which directories you want to be initially opened (for each "site") the preferred encryption etc. etc.
Trev.