Cheatsheet for ArchLinux USB SSD samba config

Updates should be run frequently to avoid any unpleasant surprises. Even still, the previously configured samba service might not work as expected after the update.

  1. Update the system

Update command
sudo pacman -Syu
Restart command
sudo shutdown -r now
Linux version command
hostnamectl
Filesystem Disk command
df -h

should report something like this

Note, the /dev/sda1 disk is the USB SSD.

2. Troubelshooting

Systemd logs

Check the systemd logs with the command:

sudo journalctl -xe
View the samba config
sudo nano /etc/samba/smb.conf
Manually start the samba service
sudo systemctl start smb
Set samba to start on system reboot
sudo systemctl enable smb

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