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Home folder not visible over SMB
I have the NAS set up so that it creates a home folder for a user when first logged in. However, when I view the available shares through a file manager over SMB, I see all the other shares, but not the home folder. Consequently, I can't mount it to use it. Over AFP the folder is visible, mountable, and usable. However, due to the fact that AFP has been deprecated, I don't want to use it.
Does anyone have an idea as to why the folder is'nt usable over SMB, and how I can possibly fix this? I'm using a Linux client to access the shares, if that is relevant.
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What tool are you using to access the share? Are you certain you are using the correct credentials?
Note that you won't be mounting or accessing /home/username. Home isn't exported as a mount point, so you just access username.
I'm using Thunar, that standard XFCE File Manager, to access the SMB shares. All other shares work just fine, and are detected when using the 'Browse Network' feature. The user's home folder doesn't show up at all.
When I try connecting to it directly, by modifying a mounted share's name in the address bar, I get a login prompt which fails saying the requested folder doesn't exist. I've verified that the credentials are correct multiple times. I've also tried it using case-sensitive and case-insensitive spelling. All fail.
The path I am using is smb://NAS-name/Username/ . I have veriefied that this folder exists by logging in with SSH and looking in the /data/home/ folder. It also shows up in the web GUI, and is interactable from there. And, as I said in my previous post, the share works over AFP.
Use \\ReadyNAS\username resp. smb://ReadyNAS/username/ ... permitting the Linux file manager does automatically re-use the same credentials for all shared folders. Can't see anything wrong with your attempt...
[Edit] Are you using the same credentials for accessing the ReadyNAS shared folders by SMB? It's the first username used that is mapped to the internal /home/[username] folder when I have it right.
On the ReadyNAS admin page, head to System -> Logs -> Connections to check.
schumaku wrote:Use \\ReadyNAS\username resp. smb://ReadyNAS/username/ ... permitting the Linux file manager does automatically re-use the same credentials for all shared folders. Can't see anything wrong with your attempt...
The one in bold is the one I have been using. Works fine for all the other shares, but anything in home is unaccessible. It asks me for credentials every time, since I set it to forget them right after login, so I get prompted every time. That's how I know it's not a faulty credential reuse thing.
schumaku wrote:[Edit] Are you using the same credentials for accessing the ReadyNAS shared folders by SMB? It's the first username used that is mapped to the internal /home/[username] folder when I have it right.
Yes, I'm using the same credentials. When I try it on this folder though, it specifically reports the folder doesn't exist, after the failed login. Which is weird, since I verified its exitence.
schumaku wrote:On the ReadyNAS admin page, head to System -> Logs -> Connections to check.
The logs only show an SMB connection by the user 'guest'. Weird, since I logged in with another user.
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