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

[Jeremy Allison]

On Thu, Feb 13, 2020 at 05:40:36PM -0500, Matt Savin wrote:
> 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

Yep, good catch, thanks !

> 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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