[Samba] Share USB pendrive in ADSL router

[Rowland Penny]

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