Dephcon Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 Hello, I created the folder ".downloads" on my cache drive for the final destination for my SABnzbd downloads. How can I share this folder so when I navigate to \\tower I see a "Downloads" share along with the rest of my user shares? Thanks! Link to comment
Orbi Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 I'm afraid that's not possible, user shares are created on the array and the cache drive is a drive that is not part of the array. What you could do is to map a network drive to that folder (assuming you're using Windows- I don't know how it's calle don other OS's). Link to comment
Joe L. Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 I'm afraid that's not possible, user shares are created on the array and the cache drive is a drive that is not part of the array. What you could do is to map a network drive to that folder (assuming you're using Windows- I don't know how it's calle don other OS's). Actually, it is very possible, and very easy. You need to create a file on the flash drive, in the "config" folder, named config/smb-extra.conf (if it is not already there, create the file yourself. If it does exist, add the following lines at the end.) In it put these three lines: [Downloads] path = /mnt/cache/.downloads read only = no Create/edit the file using an editor that does NOT put carriage returns on the ends of lines. (In other words, do not use Windows notepad) If you must use a windows editor, then you can process the resulting file to remove the carriage returns by typing: fromdos </boot/config/smb-extra.conf >/tmp/smb-extra.conf mv /tmp/smb-extra.conf /boot/config/smb-extra.conf Once the file is in place, you can "Stop" and "Re-Start" the unRAID server and the new share will be accessible on the LAN. Joe L. edit: fixed typo. Reminder to self... finish morning coffee before attempting to type accurately. Link to comment
Orbi Posted December 1, 2010 Share Posted December 1, 2010 Cool, I did not know that. Good stuff. But the .downloads folder will still not be parity protected, right? Link to comment
Joe L. Posted December 1, 2010 Share Posted December 1, 2010 Cool, I did not know that. Good stuff. But the .downloads folder will still not be parity protected, right? Correct. It will NOT be protected by parity. Link to comment
Dephcon Posted December 2, 2010 Author Share Posted December 2, 2010 Thanks a lot Joe! Using this for everything I download except for what sickbeard downloads, that gets moved to the array automagically. Gives me a chance to do metadata/renaming and all that jazz before writing to the array. Plus a lot of the movies I DL aren't worth keeping so I assume it keeps array fragmentation down. Link to comment
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