[SOLVED] Rename "flash" share under unRAID 5?

[bland328]

It is possible/practical/not too terrible of an idea to rename the "flash" share as "boot" under unRAID 5?

 

I ask only because when I bounce back and forth between administrative and development tasks via SSH and SMB, I'm forever getting "\flash\" vs. "/boot/" wrong on one side of the fence or the other.

 

I know better, but apparently my fingers don't

 

Thanks for any thoughts on this.

 

B

[garycase]

Train your fingers better 

 

... As far as I know you can't change the flash share name.

 

[WeeboTech]

You can change it, but every time you stop and start the array it will be put back.

 

I've never done it, however, you can try and make a secondary pointer to it by copying the FLASH block in /etc/samba/smb-shares.conf to a BOOT block in /boot/config/smb-extra.conf

 

 

root@unRAID:/etc/samba# more smb.conf 
...
        # configurable identification
        include = /etc/samba/smb-names.conf

        # log stuff only to syslog
        log level = 0
        syslog = 0
        syslog only = Yes

        # we don't do printers
        show add printer wizard = No
        disable spoolss = Yes
        load printers = No
        printing = bsd
        printcap name = /dev/null

        # misc.
        max protocol = SMB2
        invalid users = root
        unix extensions = No
        wide links = Yes
        use sendfile = Yes
        aio read size = 0
        aio write size = 0

        # hook for user-defined samba config
        include = /boot/config/smb-extra.conf

        # auto-configured shares
        include = /etc/samba/smb-shares.conf

 

here's the top of the /etc/samba/smb-shares.conf I cannot use the square brackets named FLASH here due to the forum specifics, but take a look at the file and perhaps put a chunk in the include file. 
        path = /boot
        comment = Flash share
        browseable = yes
        # Public
        public = yes
        writeable = yes
        map archive = no
        map system = no
        map hidden = no
        map readonly = yes
        create mask = 0777
        directory mask = 0777

 

 

 

 

[bland328]

Thanks, gentlemen!  I agree that better finger (or brain?) training is probably the best answer...but now I'm very curious about whether the smb-extra.conf approach will do the trick.

 

I'll try it and report back...

[bland328]

Figured I'd have to reboot the box or restart a service or some such thing, but not needed...WeeboTech's suggestion worked perfectly (under admittedly limited testing) and immediately.  Slick!  Thank you.

 

Edit: For future visitors, I'll point out that nothing has been renamed--instead a SMB "boot" alias has been created that also points to the boot drive.