Problem :
I have a Raspberry Pi running Debian. I would like to make a directory a mapped network drive accessible by other PCs connected to my home network. The directory is: /home/user/Public
The Public folder has view and access content available to anyone. However, when I try to map the folder on Windows computer-ipuserPublic or Chromebook //computer-ip/user/Public it says it can’t be accessed.
I know I’m missing something here. How can I get other computers to access the Raspberry Pi on the same local network?
Thanks!
Solution :
You’ll need to install and configure Samba, which implements the SMB protocol used by Windows.
One note: unless you have some really old Windows machines–before Windows Vista–I would disable SMBv1 on Samba for better performance and security.