[Samba] Linux SMB Server: Put Multiple Devices into One Share?

[Matt Savin]

Hello Jeremy,

I think you missed a "/" in:

mount --bind /share1/DVR /medium/DVR
mount --bind /share1/Audio /medium/Audio
mount --bind /share2/Video /medium/Video
mount --bind /share2/Backups /medium/Backups

BR,
Matt


On Thu, Feb 13, 2020 at 5:15 PM Jeremy Allison via samba <
samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:

> On Thu, Feb 13, 2020 at 04:45:16PM -0500, Hal Vaughan via samba wrote:
> > I haven’t used Samba for over a decade and, from what I remember, I
> don’t think this is possible.  Whenever I search for "two mount points" or
> "multiple mount points," I get hits for "multiple users," but not for mount
> points.
> >
> > I have the following directories I want to share through Samba:
> >
> > /share1/DVR
> > /share1/Audio
> >
> > /share2/Video
> > /share2/Backups
> >
> > /share1 is on /dev/sdb
> > /share2 is on /dev/sdc
> >
> > Due to the amount of data on each one and the size of the devices, I
> can’t put all the shares on one device.
> >
> > I want to have one mount point, media, and it would have:
> >
> > /medium/DVR
> > /medium/Audio
> > /medium/Video
> > /medium/Backups
> >
> > If I remember, from years ago, this is not possible and any use of "two"
> or "multiple" in any searches regarding Samba always give me hits about
> users, not shares.  (Or questions about how to mount shares on client
> machines.)
> >
> > Is there any way I can combine directories on two separate volumes on a
> Debian Linux system into one mount point as an SMB share?
>
> Can't you use a bind-mount to do this ?
>
> mkdir /medium/DVR
> mkdir /medium/Audio
> mkdir /medium/Video
> mkdir /medium/Backups
> mount --bind /share1/DVR medium/DVR
> mount --bind /share1/Audio medium/Audio
> mount --bind /share2/Video medium/Video
> mount --bind /share2/Backups medium/Backups
>
> then export /medium via Samba as normal.
>
> I haven't tested this... :-).
>
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