Storing Photos on a WD Home Drive (Linux) for a Shared PUBLIC Folder in a Running Ubuntu 20.4 Server

To get the home drive and shared folder on a Linux server running Ubuntu 20.4, follow these steps:

1. Open the terminal.

2. Identify the home directory and shared folder.

   echo $HOME
   

   This command will display the path to your home directory.

   To find the shared folder, use the following command:

   sudo findmnt -no PATH /mnt
   

   This command will display the paths of all mounted directories. Look for the shared folder in the output.

3. If the shared folder is not mounted automatically, you can mount it manually. For example, if the shared folder is located at /mnt/shared, and it is located on the network at //server/shared, you can mount it using the following command:

   sudo mount -t cifs //server/shared /mnt/shared -o user=username,password=password,guest,nolock,vers=3.0
   

   Replace username and password with your network credentials.

4. To make the shared folder automatically mount at boot, create a directory for the configuration files:

   sudo mkdir /etc/cifs-utils
   

   Then, create a configuration file for the shared folder:

   sudo nano /etc/cifs-utils/smbmount.conf
   

   Add the following lines to the file:

   workgroup = WORKGROUP
   client max protocol = SMB3
   client ntlm v2 auth = yes
   client ntlm v1 auth = no
   client lanman v1 auth = no
   client lanman v2 auth = no
   

   Save and close the file.

   Next, create a mount point for the shared folder:

   sudo mkdir /mnt/shared
   

   Then, create a mount script:

   sudo nano /etc/cifs-utils/shared.mount
   

   Add the following lines to the file:

   //server/shared /mnt/shared cifs credentials=/etc/cifs-utils/credentials 0 0
   

   Save and close the file.

   Finally, create a credentials file:

   sudo nano /etc/cifs-utils/credentials
   

   Add the following lines to the file:

   username=username
   password=password
   

   Save and close the file.

   To make the shared folder mount at boot, add the following line to the /etc/fstab file:

   /etc/cifs-utils/shared.mount /mnt/shared cifs defaults,noauto,x-systemd.automount,x-systemd.delay-start 0 0
   

   Save and close the file.

5. To test the configuration, reboot the server or run the following command:

   sudo systemctl restart cifs-utils
   

   The shared folder should now be automatically mounted at /mnt/shared.

References:

• Mounting and Unmounting CIFS Shares
• SMB Mount Options
• Configuring SMB Mounts with systemd
• Understanding FSTAB