Sunday, February 16, 2014

Sharing files between Ubuntu or Linux Mint and Mac OSX (Samba)

Hi,

Connecting to Ubuntu with a Mac is relatively easy. The following uses SMB (Windows File Sharing) to share files between Linux Mint/Ubuntu and OSX. This is the easiest way I have found to share files and create a permanent share.

First, create the share on Ubuntu



cd ~
mkdir Shared
sudo chown nobody.nogroup ./Shared
sudo chmod 777 ./Shared


Then, install smb. sudo apt-get install smb

Configure smb.


1. vim /etc/samba/smb.conf
2. Modify the following:
   workgroup = EXAMPLE
   security = user
workgroup = EXAMPLE is located in the [global] section. Further down in the [global] section is the security. You can name the workgroup whatever you wish.
Create the share at the bottom of the file.
[share]
    comment = Ubuntu File Server Share
    path = /path/to/Shared/folder
    browsable = yes
    guest ok = yes
    read only = no
    create mask = 0755
Replace /path/to/Shared/folder with the full path to the Shared folder you created at the beginning.

You can name [share] whatever you want, like [sharedfolder].

Add your user.

sudo smbpasswd -a username Where username is your Linux Mint login name. It will prompt you to enter a share password. Use a different password than your Linux Mint password.

Restart smb.

sudo restart smbd
sudo restart nmbd

Access from OSX

Open Finder then type in Cmd-K.
Type in smb://x.x.x.x where x.x.x.x is the IP of your Ubuntu machine (use ifconfig on Ubuntu to find this).
Use your Linux Mint username and the password set above with smbpasswd (not your login password) to connect.
The folder should appear on the left on finder.

Now you can share files between your Mac Mini OSX and Linux Mint machines. Happy coding.

4 comments:

  1. Hey, i'm trying this on from os x lion to acces my linux mint external HD but i don{t get the part of "Cmd-K" where on finder do I have to type this, on the search bar doesn't show anything...
    thanks for the instructions, cleared many things.

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    1. Been a year since I used it, but I think it's the ctrl/alt/windows key (probably Windows)
      Good luck

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