[chunkhead]

I've searched around for this for quite a while and i'm getting only small bits of info!

Ok, here's what I want to do:

Currently, I have a Windows machine that houses all my media. That then connects to the Linux HTPC upstairs via a switch.

What I want is to instead have all my media on the HTPC itself and share to other HTPCs from there, not my Windows machine. I also need the original HTPC to read from the files as well! There will be two 2Tb HDDs installed.

I have no idea how to go about this but I'm really keen to give it a go, if someone could help me out or point me in the right direction...

Greatly appreciated!

[JumJum]

Install windows file sharing and add a user:

Code:

sudo apt-get install samba
smbpasswd -a username

Then just add some shares:

Code:

sudo nano /etc/samba.smb.conf

Code:

[hd1]
path = /media/hd1

[hd2]
path = /media/hd2

Restart samba for the changes to take effect:

Code:

sudo service samba restart

[chunkhead]

Wow, that easy! I'll keep you posted on my progress!