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RN316 Samba Configuration files
Hi there, I was looking at diagnosing a samba file share 'same files showing multiple times' when accessing a device (USB) on the ReadyNAS (RN316) that is samba shared (using OS 6.10.8 - stable). ...
First off, you are misinterpreti8ng the priority. If there are conflicting configurations, the last one given overrides the others, not the first. So anything in /etc/frontview/samba/Shares.conf that contradicts something in /etc/frontview/samba/Shares.conf will override.
If you look in /etc/frontview/samba/Shares.conf and you will see configurations by share name for shares in your data volume..
/etc/frontview/samba/addons/addons.conf seems to be included so addons can make changes that aren't in the others so they don't get overwritten by the OS. That's where you should put any changes you have for your data volume shares so they, too, don't get overwritten.
Having no attached USB drive, my /run/usb/samba/Shares.conf is empty. I've actually never had a USB drive connected, so I don't even know if it survives dismount and remount of a drive. But based on Netgear's naming scheme, I'll bet it contains the configurations for shares on a UBS drive. Have you looked at yours?
The order list for includes is standard - top down, and yes the lower entries over-ride the higher entries...
The /run/usb/samba/Shares.conf file contains auto-generated (auto-mounted) USB drives, so the path's are defined there...since /etc/frontview/samba/addons/addons.conf is before it, i don't see how i can define settings for a path that yet to be defined. that was the issue.
So the /etc/samba/smb.conf is as follows
# This file is auto-generated. Do not modify!
[global]
include = /etc/frontview/samba/smb.conf.defaults
#dashboard: allow trusted domains = 0
dos charset = CP1252
hostname lookups = 0
map to guest = bad user
oplocks = 1
spotlight:fts = 1
#dashboard:#dashboard:orgunit =
#dashboard:#dashboard:no_sync_ads =
#dashboard:idmap config SIMPSONS : backend = rid
#dashboard:idmap config SIMPSONS : range = 32768 - 2000000000
#dashboard: password server = *
#dashboard: include system krb5 conf = 0
realm =
security = user
template homedir = /home/%U
workgroup = SIMPSONS
ldap timeout = 15
#dashboard:
#dashboard:domain_admin_user =
vfs objects = catia fruit streams_xattr acl_xattr snapper btrfs
include = /etc/frontview/samba/smb.conf.%a
include = /etc/frontview/samba/smb.conf.overrides
include = /etc/frontview/samba/Shares.conf
include = /etc/frontview/samba/Shares.conf.%G
include = /etc/frontview/samba/addons/addons.conf
include = /run/usb/samba/Shares.conf
include = /etc/frontview/samba/timemachine.conf
[homes]
browseable = 0
writeable = 1
public = 0
valid users = %D\%S
ie
# /etc/frontview/samba/smb.conf.defaults contains:
client max protocol = SMB3
dbwrap_tdb_mutexes:* = yes
delete readonly = 1
#...etc..
# /etc/frontview/samba/smb.conf.overrides contains:
server signing = auto
#case sensitive = auto
# /etc/frontview/samba/Shares.conf contains:
#....NAS data drive mounts...
# /etc/frontview/samba/addons/addons.conf does not exist (default with no apps/addons installed)
# /run/usb/samba/Shares.conf contains:
[USB_HDD_2]
path = /media/USB_HDD_2
comment = "Store Drive"
spotlight = 0
admin users = +admin
read list = "user1","user2","@users"
write list = "email1@mail.com","user2",+admin
valid users = "email1@mail.com","user2","@users",+admin
#...etc..
#...other auto-mounted USB drives..
# /etc/frontview/samba/timemachine.conf contains:
# DO NOT EDIT.
So I don't see how adding any USB drive settings before the path is even defined will work
[YourShareName]
locking = yes
fruit:locking = none
This is what happens when settings occur before its pathed..
# testparm -s | grep -A 5 '[USB_HDD_2]'
Registered MSG_REQ_POOL_USAGE
Registered MSG_REQ_DMALLOC_MARK and LOG_CHANGED
Load smb config files from /etc/samba/smb.conf
Processing section "[USB_HDD_2]"
WARNING: No path in service USB_HDD_2 - making it unavailable!
NOTE: Service USB_HDD_2 is flagged unavailable.
# ...etc...Yet the drive is available and accessible fine otherwise.
and since it's an auto mounted USB drive that is pathed in /run/usb/samba/Shares.conf .... i dont see how /etc/frontview/samba/timemachine.conf is something that can be manually added to.
Global settings can be used with /etc/frontview/samba/smb.conf.overrides but it appears that it's not possible to set specific USB drive settings with the current format of /etc/samba/smb.conf and its includes.
If you add your settings to /run/usb/samba/Shares.conf as a test, does that solve your problem?
Do the entries for a USB drive get deleted when you dismount it? If so, then putting in manual entries is only temporary unless you never dismount the drive. As I said, I've never attached a USB drive to my NAS, so I simply don't know. Unfortunately for you, it makes complete sense to me that you can't put in configuration options for a share that's not always there.
The alternative would be to enable the option globally and then disable it on every other share -- certainly not a preferred method.
They are perm USB connected drives, so never really tested removing them to see if those configs still remain. Yes global may be the only way, it's a shame though it can't be done via Frontview or even just a final include file.
Thanks for your assistance though 🙂 this is an EOL product after all
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