Help me understand what /mnt/user actually maps to

[lurkio]

I had a failure that caused me to rebuild my array on new disks. I noticed that I have two user folders, /mnt/user and /mnt/user0. It's more confusing to me that neither is really identical to /mnt/disk1 (the only data drive). Can someone help me understand better what /mnt/user is meant to represent? Thanks

 

root@Unraid:/# ls -lah /mnt/user
total 12K
drwxrwxrwx  1 nobody users  273 May 17 04:40 ./
drwxr-xr-x 10 root   root   200 May 11 22:42 ../
drwxr-xr-x  1 nobody users  184 May 11 10:36 3d_printing/
drwxr-xr-x  1 nobody users 4.0K Apr 27 15:35 appdata/
drwxr-xr-x  1 nobody users 4.0K May 11 11:07 audio_books/
drwxr-xr-x  1 nobody users  289 May 11 12:40 backups/
drwxr-xr-x  1 nobody users 4.0K May 11 14:47 ebooks/
drwxr-xr-x  1 nobody users  316 Mar 31  2022 isos/
drwxr-xr-x  1 nobody users   47 Aug 25  2022 kiwix-zims/
drwxrwxrwx  1 nobody users   19 May  8 21:14 paperless/
drwxr-xr-x  1 nobody users   76 May 25  2021 personal_storage/
drwxr-xr-x  1 nobody users   29 May 11 16:18 plex/
drwxr-xr-x  1 nobody users   35 May 10 21:26 system/
drwxr-xr-x  1 nobody users   54 May 12 12:27 temp/
drwxr-xr-x  1 nobody users    6 Jun  8  2021 unassigned/
drwxr-xr-x  1 nobody users  184 Jun 14  2022 win_tools/
root@Unraid:/# ls -lah /mnt/user0
total 8.0K
drwxrwxrwx  1 nobody users  273 May 17 04:40 ./
drwxr-xr-x 10 root   root   200 May 11 22:42 ../
drwxr-xr-x  1 nobody users  184 May 11 10:36 3d_printing/
drwxr-xr-x  1 nobody users 4.0K May 11 11:07 audio_books/
drwxr-xr-x  1 nobody users  289 May 11 12:40 backups/
drwxr-xr-x  1 nobody users 4.0K May 11 14:47 ebooks/
drwxr-xr-x  1 nobody users  316 Mar 31  2022 isos/
drwxr-xr-x  1 nobody users   47 Aug 25  2022 kiwix-zims/
drwxr-xr-x  1 nobody users   64 May  8 21:14 paperless/
drwxr-xr-x  1 nobody users   76 May 25  2021 personal_storage/
drwxr-xr-x  1 nobody users   29 May 11 16:18 plex/
drwxr-xr-x  1 nobody users   21 May 10 21:26 system/
drwxr-xr-x  1 nobody users   54 May 12 12:27 temp/
drwxr-xr-x  1 nobody users    6 Jun  8  2021 unassigned/
drwxr-xr-x  1 nobody users  184 Jun 14  2022 win_tools/
root@Unraid:/# ls -lah /mnt/disk1/
total 8.0K
drwxrwxrwx 15 nobody users  273 May 17 04:40 ./
drwxr-xr-x 10 root   root   200 May 11 22:42 ../
drwxr-xr-x  5 nobody users  184 May 11 10:36 3d_printing/
drwxr-xr-x 20 nobody users 4.0K May 11 11:07 audio_books/
drwxr-xr-x 14 nobody users  289 May 11 12:40 backups/
drwxr-xr-x 22 nobody users 4.0K May 11 14:47 ebooks/
drwxr-xr-x  2 nobody users  316 Mar 31  2022 isos/
drwxr-xr-x  2 nobody users   47 Aug 25  2022 kiwix-zims/
drwxr-xr-x  5 nobody users   64 May  8 21:14 paperless/
drwxr-xr-x  4 nobody users   76 May 25  2021 personal_storage/
drwxr-xr-x  3 nobody users   29 May 11 16:18 plex/
drwxr-xr-x  3 nobody users   21 May 10 21:26 system/
drwxr-xr-x  5 nobody users   54 May 12 12:27 temp/
drwxr-xr-x  2 nobody users    6 Jun  8  2021 unassigned/
drwxr-xr-x  5 nobody users  184 Jun 14  2022 win_tools/

 

[Hoopster]

3 minutes ago, lurkio said:

/mnt/user and /mnt/user0

/mnt/user is the view of the data via user shares (/mnt/user/photos, /mnt/users/movies, etc. depending on what user shares you may have defined)  User shares can span disks if you have set them up that way.  /mnt/user0 is the view of the user shares minus whatever may exist on cache pools.

 

/mnt/diskX are disk shares and one exists for each physical disk.

[lurkio]

Oooh, so /mnt/user0 always existed, I just hadnt noticed? Awesome, thanks.

[itimpi]

FYI:  This is covered in more detail in this part of the online documentation.

[Hoopster]

21 minutes ago, lurkio said:

Oooh, so /mnt/user0 always existed, I just hadnt noticed?

Yes, but it may go away in future Unraid releases.