Rootshare for fast copying between shares tip

[Alexander]

Spaceinvader One has a 2 min tip video "One share to rule them all" here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TM9pPz732Gc

This tip makes it faster to copy between unraid shares (= top level) in Windows.

 

I found a solution to make this work on Windows 10 with Unraid 6.6.6

 

I had to stop the array to make it work and that was not indicated in the video or comments.

 

In Windows 10 (maybe on MAC OS too?)

Before you change in Settings/SMB/SMB Extras.
STOP THE ARRAY
Main/Array Operation <Stop>.

 

Then write (in Settings/SMB/SMB Extras):

[rootshare] path = /mnt/user
comment =
browseable = yes
valid users = yourusername  <----- See video / insert your newly made users username here
write list = yourusername  <---- same as above
vfs objects =

<Apply>
<Done>

 

Then START THE ARRAY.

 

In Windows 10, add your network drive.
Write: \\Tower (\\Tower is hidden)
Then click the <Browse> button and all shares will show up.
rootshare is the last share in my list.

 

This works perfectly on my machines.

 

But it does not ask for user/password to mount,

  so anybody with a windows machine on the local network can probably add this rootshare network drive.
Unraid bug or more parameters have to be given in SMB Extras edit?

 

I guess it might be enough to stop all dockers (and not the whole array) and start them again after SMB editing,

 just guessing SMB service is running alongside dockers in unraid. But I have not tried that.

Stopping and starting the array will stop and start all dockers.

 

Changing network settings in Windows 10 doesn't change anything at all for me.

So those youtube comments are totally misleading as I see it.

[kizer]

This might be of some useful information to you. 

https://forums.unraid.net/topic/57236-samba-extra-configuration/