The embedded Samba server in LibreELEC is enabled by default and provides CIFS/SMB shares that can be accessed from all modern OS toAdd content via Samba Shares or collectLog Files for support or access the/storage/.config folder to make basic system changes. Samba starts with configuration from/storage/.config/samba.conf if it exists, else it starts with a default configuration from/etc/samba/smb.conf which is inside the read-only filesystem.

Samba services can be disabled from the LibreELEC settings addon.

Removable Media

The OS automatically creates Samba shares for removable media devices like external USB drives that are connected at boot time. Share names are based on the disk label, e.g./var/media/MyBook will result in the\\LIBREELEC\MYBOOK share being auto-created. If your disk does not have a label and has mounted using a hardware identifier, e.g./var/media/sda1-ata-KINGSTON_SNV2S20 the best and correct way to change the share name is setting a label:

# e2label /dev/sda1 "KINGSTON"

This will result in the auto-created SMB share\\LIBREELEC\KINGSTON which will be persistent.

Custom Shares

Rename/storage/.config/samba.conf.sample to/storage/.config/samba.conf then editsamba.conf to make changes to the[global]section or add/remove shares, then reboot to restart the OS with the new Samba configuration. The format is simple to crib from the sample file, e.g. to add a new [Addons] share, append this to the conf:

[Addons]  path = /storage/.kodi/addons  available = yes  browseable = yes  public = yes  writeable = yes

To remove a share from the default list, comment it out, e.g. to remove[Emulators] change the conf file to look like this, then restart:

  public = yes  writeable = yes#[Emulators]#  path = /storage/emulators#  available = yes#  browseable = yes#  public = yes#  writeable = yes[Configfiles]  path = /storage/.config  available = yes

Time Machine

# samba TimeMachine support  min protocol = SMB2  ea support = yes  vfs objects = catia fruit streams_xattr  delete veto files = true  fruit:metadata = stream  fruit:veto_appledouble = no  fruit:nfs_aces = no  fruit:posix_rename = yes  fruit:zero_file_id = yes  fruit:wipe_intentionally_left_blank_rfork = yes  fruit:delete_empty_adfiles = yes

Note thatfruit:model = Xserve is already defined in the default configuration. Some users prefer the appearance of thefruit:model = MacSamba icon for their shares.

Next add/append aTimeMachine share to the configuration file:

[TimeMachine]  path = /storage/timemachine/  fruit:time machine = yes  # fruit:time machine max size = 250GB  read only = no  guest ok = yes

Time Machine provides a roll-up strategy for snapshots to reduce disk consumption, but you can force a specific space quota/restriction by uncommentingfruit:time machine max size and setting the size value. In the example above max size has been set to 250GB.

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