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Windows file sharing access to the Asus using Samba

With ftpd-topfield installed, you now have ftp access to files on the Toppy, but no mechanism for

transferring files to and from the Asus – this is necessary if you want to install rt2mei.

Samba can be used for this – it basically shares directories using the same protocol as Windows File

and Printer Sharing (the SMB protocol, using NetBIOS over TCP/IP, also known as NBT).

This allows you to browse your Network Places in Windows Explorer to navigate through the Asus

filing system, and you can map the Asus shared drives as Windows drives.

Samba comes preinstalled as part of Oleg's firmware, but the web interface is not comprehensive

enough to configure it properly.

There is a macsat guide at

http://www.macsat.com/macsat/content/view/27/29/ covering Samba

configuration, which formed the basis of my configuration. However the configuration in this guide is

a little different. The log files are stored in the /tmp directory structure (which is based in RAM) and

the startup script contains additional lines to stop any previously-running instances (which means

the script can be repeatedly called to restart Samba, for instance if you change the configuration

file.

One important point here is that you must set a Host Name in the web configuration interface – go

to the LAN section under IP Config if you haven't done this already, enter a Host Name, and don't

forget to Apply, Finish and Save & Restart.

Set up the Samba configuration file

Create a directory for the Samba configuration file, and create the file

mkdir /opt/etc/samba

touch /opt/etc/samba/smb.conf

Edit the configuration file to be as follows:

/opt/etc/samba/smb.conf

[global]

workgroup = WORKGROUP

guest account = nobody

security = share

browseable = yes

guest ok = yes

log level = 1

max log size = 100

encrypt passwords = yes

dns proxy = no

[opt]

path = /opt

writeable = yes

browseable = yes

force user = admin

Replace WORKGROUP with the name of the workgroup you are using on the windows network.

You can add as many additional shares as you like, following the structure of the [opt] section.

Note that the section name (opt) is the folder name as it will be seen by your Windows PC,

and this is mapped to the Asus folder defined by the path variable.

For instance, if you wanted to share the Asus /tmp folder, which is where logs are stored, and

where the rt2mei output is stored (see later) you would add to the bottom of smb.conf:

[tmp]

path = /tmp

writeable = yes

browseable = yes

force user = admin

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