I have a Mac Mini that I use as a Plex server that I’d like to copy movie files over to from my Linux box. In the past I’d use Samba to do this but for some reason I can’t seem to get it working. I’m using the latest Manjaro Gnome distro but when I right click on a folder I don’t see any option for sharing. According to add/remove software Samba is installed but when I try to manually start the service manually using systemctl enable --now smb nmd it says ‘Failed to enable unit: Unit nmd.service does not exist’
What am I doing wrong? I swear I used to be able to right click on a folder and select share but that doesn’t seem to be an option anymore.
If I recall, Samba requires elevated privileges:
sudo systemctl enable --now smb nmb
Further to this, the following packages are typically required for filesharing in Manjaro.
sudo pacman -S samba smbclient gvfs gvfs-smb kdenetwork-filesharing manjaro-settings-samba
In fact, the samba package itself is often not required, smbclient may suffice. Note that this list assumes you are using Manjaro KDE;
As you are using GNOME, then obviously kdenetwork-filesharing will not apply and should be replaced by a relevant GNOME application for equivalent functionality.
Remember to check your Firewall rules to ensure Samba traffic is allowed on your network.
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It is not supported OOB.
That is likely because it is not nmd but nmb
Please use the search function. There is a lot of guides which covers various scenarios from ultra simple to more complex home or small business setup
#contributions:tutorials → search for samba
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