Exporting ObjectiveFS to Windows via Samba

Mount your objectivefs filesystem (e.g. on /ofs).

$ sudo mount.objectivefs <your filesystem> /ofs

Install Samba.

$ sudo apt-get install samba

$ sudo yum install samba

Set a password for your user in Samba.

$ sudo smbpasswd -a <user_name>

Note: Samba uses a separate set of users and passwords (stored in /etc/samba/smbpasswd) instead of the standard Linux system accounts. This user must have read/write permission to the /ofs directory.

Add the following to the end of /etc/samba/smb.conf.

Note: The last two lines are only needed if you want to use Windows ACLs.

[ofs]
path = /ofs
valid users = <user_name>
writable = yes
browseable = yes
; The following lines enable Windows ACL support
vfs objects = acl_xattr
acl_xattr:ignore system acls = yes
nt acl support = yes

Restart the samba server.

$ sudo service smbd restart

$ sudo /etc/init.d/smb restart

$ sudo systemctl restart smb.service
$ sudo systemctl restart nmb.service

You can use this command to check for any syntax errors in smb.conf.

$ testparm

For Linux distributions with SELinux, you might also need to allow Samba sharing:

$ setsebool -P samba_share_fusefs=1

Set up connection to Linux Samba Server

Start
→ This PC
→ Click on Computer from the top menu
→ Select "Map network drive"
→ For Folder, use: \\<ip address>\ofs
→ Click Finish
→ Enter the user name and password that you have set up