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micky · SAMBA SERVER configuration (samba.conf) micky May 11, 2020 at 5:59 PM

I would like to create Media Center combined with NAS using LibreELEC.

LibreELEC 9.2.1 is installed on Raspberry Pi 4. External 4TB HDD is connected via USB3.

I struggle with samba server configuration for maximizing transfer speed and safety. Drive is formatted into EXT4 file system with two partitions: PRIVATE and PUBLIC.

My current samba.conf is posted below (basically default config file). On such configuration PRIVATE share is not protected and transfer speed is low: Blackmagic Disk Speed Test 6-8MB/s, coping multiple mp3 files 2MB/s. I am wondering what can I do to increase transfer speed?

I have created second configuration. When I use it as samba.conf, my SMB stops working- default configuration is used. Not the one form file. What is wrong with second file?

Basic, working conf:

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# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
# Copyright (C) 2009-2016 Stephan Raue ([email protected])
# Copyright (C) 2017-present Team LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv)

# samba.conf v4 (do not remove)

# This configuration file allows you to customize the samba shares
# available from your machine

[global]
  server string = MickyDrive
  netbios name = MickyDrive
  browseable = yes
  writeable = yes
  printable = no
  deadtime = 30
  mangled names = no
  name resolve order = host bcast
  printcap name = /dev/null
  load printers = no
  enable core files = no
  passdb backend = smbpasswd
  smb encrypt = disabled
  fruit:model = Xserve

  # samba share options
  map to guest = Bad User
  guest account = root
  security = user

  # samba tuning options
  socket options = TCP_NODELAY IPTOS_LOWDELAY
  min receivefile size = 16384
  aio read size = 16384
  aio write size = 16384
  use sendfile = yes

  # The following are default values for the master selection process
  local master = no
  preferred master = yes
  domain master = yes
  os level = 20

  # "strict allocate = yes" breaks large network transfers to external hdd
  # Force this to "no" in case "yes" becomes the default in future
  strict allocate = no

# Using the following configurations as a template allows you to add
# writeable shares of disks and paths under /storage

[PRIVATE]
  path = /media/PRIVATE
  comment = Seagate-PRIVATE
  available = yes
  browseable = yes
  public = yes
  writeable = yes
[PUBLIC]
  path = /media/PUBLIC
  comment = Seagate-PUBLIC
  available = yes
  browseable = yes
  public = yes
  writeable = yes

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New config file, not working:

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[global]
  server string = MickyDrive
  netbios name = MickyDrive
  workgroup = HOME
  
  security = share
  guest account = root
  
  socket options = TCP_NODELAY IPTOS_LOWDELAY SO_RCVBUF=65536 SO_SNDBUF=65536
  smb ports = 445
  min receivefile size = 16384
  deadtime = 30
  os level = 20
  mangled names = no
  syslog only = yes
  syslog = 2
  name resolve order = lmhosts wins bcast host
  preferred master = auto
  domain master = auto
  local master = yes
  printcap name = /dev/null
  load printers = no
  browseable = yes
  writeable = yes
  printable = no
  encrypt passwords = true
  enable core files = no
  passdb backend = smbpasswd
  smb encrypt = disabled
  use sendfile = yes
  fruit:model = Xserve

[PRIVATE]
  path = /media/PRIVATE
  comment = Seagate-PRIVATE
  valid users = nickname
  writeable = yes

[PUBLIC]
  path = /media/PUBLIC
  comment = Seagate-PUBLIC
  guest ok = yes
  public = yes
  writeable = yes

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micky

Hi, my setup is raspberry pi 4 / LibreELEC 9.2.1 and PHILIPS 43PFT5503.

If my tv is started after raspberry pi, tv is blank. No signal message.

I've added some config:

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mount -o remount,rw /flash
nano /flash/config.txt

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hdmi_force_hotplug=1
hdmi_group=1
hdmi_mode=16

That way, TV is not blank anymore, but my TV remote doesn't work for raspberry. What can I do?

micky · Samba server is disabled micky April 4, 2020 at 1:19 AM

Hi, I am trying to build mixed media center and NAS on raspberry pi 4 / LibreELEC 9.2.1.

Samba service doesn't work for me:

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netstat -tulpn | grep LISTEN

Prints some open ports but there is no 139 or 445, so no Samba service is on.

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systemctl list-unit-files | grep smb

prints me smbd.service disabled so service is disabled.

I can start samba with smbd, but as I believe it starts in some strange configuration: samba server starts and default directories are shared, but these are not these selected in file /storage/.config/samba.conf.

How should I start SAMBA service properly?

Where is configuration if not /storage/.config/samba.conf?

How can I specify passwords for some specific directories?