Hi, I want to access an external USB drive that is connect to my Unraid machine via my Windows machine. I have the Unassigned Disk Devices plugin installed and I've configured its SMB sharing to Private and have enabled read/write access to my account in Unraid. I have also mounted the drive in Unraid. However I still cannot see it in Windows File Explorer.

Not sure what else I need to do to expose the drive such that it is accessible via SMB in Windows.

I've also noticed that the "Auto Mount USB Devices?" option in the Unassigned Disk Devices plugin doesn't actually do anything. I still have to manually press the "mount" button in order for the drive to become accessible to even Unraid itself.

Edited August 8Aug 8 by DCCXVIII

All you need is to share the drive with UD, if that's not working, sometimes and Unraid restart/reboot can help.

3 hours ago, DCCXVIII said:

I've also noticed that the "Auto Mount USB Devices?" option in the Unassigned Disk Devices plugin doesn't actually do anything. I still have to manually press the "mount" button in order for the drive to become accessible to even Unraid itself.

That should work, but since both questions are plugin-related, it's best to use its support thread: https://forums.unraid.net/topic/92462-unassigned-devices-managing-disk-drives-and-remote-shares-outside-of-the-unraid-array/

3 hours ago, JorgeB said:

All you need is to share the drive with UD, if that's not working, sometimes and Unraid restart/reboot can help.

That should work, but since both questions are plugin-related, it's best to use its support thread: https://forums.unraid.net/topic/92462-unassigned-devices-managing-disk-drives-and-remote-shares-outside-of-the-unraid-array/

So does that mean there is no native way to access a USB connected drive to Unraid via a 3rd party machine like Windows?

Native only if you assign it as a pool or array device.

1 hour ago, DCCXVIII said:

So does that mean there is no native way to access a USB connected drive to Unraid via a 3rd party machine like Windows?

I do it all the time! Your issue is likely something to do with the credentials in Windows and the way you have it set up to be shared in the UD plugin.

1 hour ago, itimpi said:

I do it all the time! Your issue is likely something to do with the credentials in Windows and the way you have it set up to be shared in the UD plugin.

Well IDK what it could be considering the fact that it never showed up once even from a fresh install. I guess I'll have to play around with it.