Configure Samba

In order to work effectively from a windows pc a samba share on the ps3 is very handy. First make sure samba is installed.

rpm -q smb-client

If not install samba.

yum -y install samba

When samba is installed edit the configuration file.

nano /etc/samba/smb.conf

Change the following settings:

workgroup = WORKGROUPNAME
security = share
[tmp]
   comment = Temporary file space
   path = /tmp
   read only = no
   public = yes
[andreas]
   comment = andreas's home
   path = /home/andreas
   public = yes
   writable = yes

Start the samba server.

sudo /etc/init.d/smb start

Now you need to add a user, you'll be asked to provide a samba password for the user. Remember the user has to be a user on the machine.

smbpasswd -a username

After you've added a user you need to restart the server in order to reflect changes.

/etc/init.d/smb restart

At this time it's a good choice to make sure samba will be started every time you start your system. Add smb to both runlevel 3 and 5.

/sbin/chkconfig --level 35 smb on

Then you can verify it's on by issuing the follwing command.

/sbin/chkconfig --list smb

Enjoy!