The Raspberry Pi recipes in this chapter are for sharing files with other computers on the same local network.
The chapter begins with a recipe for mounting USB disks that are attached to the Raspberry Pi. The next recipes show how files are exchanged with other computers using the SMB (CIFS) protocol. Then, there are two recipes showing how disks can be automatically mounted during boot. The chapter ends with a couple of recipes for setting up the Raspberry Pi as a file server.
After completing the recipes in this chapter, you will be able to automatically mount local USB disks and exchange files between the Raspberry Pi and other computers using the SMB (CIFS) protocol.