Hello friends. I've got a test machine running OMV at the moment so I can tinker around and see what I can get into. I'm a little confused over one particular topic and just wanted some clarification. I'm trying to duplicate the setup I have running on my Ubuntu Server. It's slightly different as on my Ubuntu Server, I basically have one samba share set up, which runs through /media/storage. Within /media/storage are a series of other folders, music, pictures, public, videos, etc. I utilize POSIX permissions here by having myself as the owner + a group associated with the folder assigned with appropriate permissions.
i.e. /media/storage/videos would be owned by jason:videos, then all users who need group access are in the videos group.
Here in OMV land, it's kind of opposite. Instead of relying on POSIX permissions, it relies on samba permissions. Okay, I get that. Here's where I get confused. With trying to set up multiple samba shares to match my /media/storage/videos and /media/storage/pictures, etc., it seems as if I have to create a shared folder first.
So from start to finish, it looks like:
1) Create file system on drive/array
2) Create a shared folder
3) Create a samba share to match that shared folder
4) Go back to the shared folder preferences to effectively choose who has what permissions to the shared folder.
I'm just trying to compare my current setup versus what I'm trying to duplicate and I'm getting a little confused. What is the use of a "shared folder" if samba effectively does the sharing? I'm just having trouble understanding why I need to create a shared folder, then go to the samba preferences to effectively 'share' it out, then back to shared folders to control the privileges for that share.
I'm sure there's an explanation that I'm not seeing, but I figured I'd ask instead of wondering too much about it. Thanks!