Editing Introduction to a Self Managed Life: a 13 hour & 28 minute presentation by FUTO software (section)

==== 3.2 Configure the samba share on the androidstuff virtual machine ====

We want this to mount each time the '''androidstuff''' virtual machine that will run Immich boots. To do this, we will edit <code>/etc/fstab</code> - the file that defines where hard drives, partitions, network shares, are mounted on the filesystem.

We have to install the packages that allow us to mount samba shares:

<pre>sudo apt install cifs-utils -y</pre>
Edit the file:

<pre>sudo nano -w /etc/fstab</pre>
Add the following line:

<pre>//192.168.5.2/immich /home/louis/Pictures cifs ro,credentials=/etc/samba_credentials,iocharset=utf8,vers=3.0 0 0</pre>
Make sure that the IP address matches the IP address of the machine that you have your ZFS pool on.

* <code>//192.168.5.2</code> is the address of the computer that is running samba server for our samba share.
** <code>immich</code> is the name of the samba share.
** In '''happycloud'''’s’ <code>/etc/samba/smb.conf</code> configuration file, the line<code>path = /mediapool/archive</code> is present under the <code>[immich]</code> share settings.
** Therefore, `<code>//192.168.5.2/immich</code> will show us <code>/mediapool/archive</code> on the machine located at <code>192.168.5.2</code>
* <code>cifs</code> is the filesystem type. CIFS stands for '''Common Internet File System'''.
* <code>ro</code> means readonly.
* <code>/etc/samba_credentials</code> is the file that will house the username &amp; password to access this share.
* For the love of god, do not forget to set the proper permissions on the<code>/etc/samba_credentials</code> file when I tell you to.

Once you’re done adding that line to the file, we need to provide it a username/password so it can log into the password protected share.

<pre># Create the credentials file that will house the username &amp; password:
sudo nano -w /etc/samba_credentials</pre>
Add your username and password you set when you set the password for your samba user to the file in the following format:

<pre>username=louis
password=passwordman</pre>
If you forgot what the samba password is for your user, refer to '''step 6.5''' in the '''Setting up ZFS for data storage''' portion of the guide.

'''Make sure that this file is not accessible by anyone besides root!'''

<pre>sudo chown root /etc/samba_credentials
sudo chmod 600 /etc/samba_credentials</pre>
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