Setup Snickerdoodle File Sharing

The best way to transfer files between your Snickerdoodle and your PC is to setup a Samba file share on the Snickerdoodle that can be accessed via your PC.  To do this a couple packages must be downloaded via the Linux prompt.  Log into the Snickerdoodle and perform a 'sudo -i'  to attain super user privileges.  Then type:

1. apt-get install vim [installs enhanced VI editor]
2. apt-get install samba [installs samba file sharing tools]

Once samba is installed, navigate to /etc/samba and modify the smb.conf file by placing the below lines right under the printer section of the file.

[Snickerdoodle]
   path = /snickerdoodle
   guest ok = yes
   browsable = yes
   create mask = 0775
   directory mask = 0775
   read only = no
   force user = root
   force group = root

Once you are in the file, scroll down to the section called printers and enter the below commands

1. esc
2. shift i [to enter insert mode]
   
3. enter enter enter [just making some space to paste in the commands from above]
4. right click and the hit ok to paste in the commands

Save the file by typing

1. esc
2. shift   ; 
3. x
4. enter

Once you have saved the file, enter the below three lines at the command prompt:

1. mkdir /snickerdoodle
2. cd /etc/init.d
3. service smbd start

These lines will create a snickerdoodle folder at the root and also restart the samba server.  Next create a file in the snickerdoodle folder by typing:

1. cd /snickerdoodle
2. touch hello.txt

After creating the file, type 'ifconfig' at the prompt to find out what the Snickerdoodle IP address is.

Open up a Windows Explorer window and type \\xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx where the x's represent the Snickerdoodle IP address.  For me it would be \\192.168.0.16
Once you enter the Snickerdoodle IP address you should see the contents of the /snickerdoodle folder which was the hello.txt file

Congratulations you not have Snickerdoodle file sharing up and running!