On 26/07/2019 11:55, Fokke Nauta wrote:
> 
>>
>> The OP would probably be a lot further on if he had a copy of either
>>
>> "Linux in a Nutshell"
>
> € 41, as expensive as the pi itself
>
>> or the
>>
>> "Linux Pocket Guide"
>
> € 14,-
>
> I could purchase this, but I'm about to give up.
>
> All I wanted is to create a share in my pi, and didn't expect it would
> be so hard. I have some knowledge of Linux left, as I followed a course
> in SCO Unix years ago.
> But this is so bloody difficult, and due to the relation between Windows
> and Linux.
>
> I use the pi as a pi hole in our LAN and that works well. Tried to
> create a share just to see how it works. No luck.
>

Have you tried the "net use" command from the Windows command line?

net use z: \\raspberrypiname\sharename /user:linuxusername
/persistent:yes linuxuserpassword

where z is a spare drive letter in windows

What message do you get output?


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