[Samba] Share USB pendrive in ADSL router

[Rowland Penny]

On Wed, 7 Jun 2017 07:59:51 +0100
Rowland Penny via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:

> On Tue, 06 Jun 2017 22:34:06 +0100
> Rodolfo Medina <rodolfo.medina at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Rowland Penny via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> writes:
> > 
> > > On Tue, 06 Jun 2017 21:53:00 +0100
> > > Rodolfo Medina <rodolfo.medina at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >> Rowland Penny via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> writes:
> > >> > This is with my router:
> > >> >
> > >> > rowland at devstation:~$ sudo
> > >> > mount.cifs //192.168.0.1/USB1 /mnt/cifs Password for
> > >> > root@//192.168.0.1/USB1: <-- I just pressed 'Enter'
> > >> > rowland at devstation:~$ ls /mnt/cifs home  PVR
> > >> > RunSanDiskSecureAccess_Win.exe  SanDiskSecureAccess
> > >> 
> > >> Same result pressing `Enter'...
> > >> 
> > >> Rodolfo
> > >
> > > Your router is probably sharing the USB drive as a standalone
> > > server with guest access, it also very probably using a very old
> > > version of Samba.
> > >
> > > You need to obtain and read the manual for your router, this
> > > should tell you how your router shares the USB.
> > >
> > > If you run 'smbclient -L 192.168.1.1' and then press the 'Enter'
> > > key when prompted for the password, do you get something like
> > > this:
> > >
> > > Domain=[PNHUB1] OS=[] Server=[]
> > >
> > > 	Sharename       Type      Comment
> > > 	---------       ----      -------
> > > 	USB1            Disk      Cruzer Force (Rev: 1.00)
> > > 	IPC$            IPC       IPC Service (Plusnet Hub One
> > > File Server) Domain=[PNHUB1] OS=[] Server=[]
> > >
> > > 	Server               Comment
> > > 	---------            -------
> > >
> > > 	Workgroup            Master
> > > 	---------            -------
> > > 	HOME                 PNHUB1
> > >
> > > Note the 'USB1' share, this is the USB drive plugged into my
> > > router.
> > >
> > > If, when you run the 'smbclient' command, you don't get the USB
> > > drive listed, your router isn't recognising it.
> > 
> > Pressing `Enter' when prompted for the password:
> > 
> > $ smbclient -L 192.168.1.1
> > WARNING: The "syslog" option is deprecated
> > Enter rodolfo's password: 
> > Connection to 192.168.1.1 failed (Error NT_STATUS_IO_TIMEOUT)
> > 
> > But, from the router web's GUI, I'm sure the USB drive is seen, and
> > also shown the free and busy memory space on it.
> > 
> > What to do?...
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > Rodolfo
> 
> I think you need to contact your router manufacturer, there may be a
> firmware upgrade available. It should work as I suggested unless there
> is a way to add users to the router and I haver seen a router that
> does this.
> 
> Rowland
> 

OOPS, that should have been 'I have never seen a router that does this'

Rowland