Wednesday, September 17, 2025

basic setup openmediavault 6.5.0

once openmediavault is installed, basic guide to setup shared folder/drives.


#Enable Samba

Services > Smb/cifs > Settings > Enable
Apply


#Create User

Users > Users > Create (+) >
Save > Apply

#Mount each existing hd/partition

Storage > File Systems > MOUNT (>) > select hd/partition (add tag for useful display info)
Apply


#Create Shared Folders - I am not precious and simply sharing each partition.

Storage > Shared Folders > Create (+) >
Apply

**Name - name on network

File System - location of share. / for root of partition, /folder for location.**

#Add share to Samba

SMB/CIFS > Shares > Create (+) >
Apply


#Check User Permissions

Users > Users > click on user > Shared Folder Permissions (Folder/Key icon) >
Apply




-- Other Notes --

During install, if you skip any steps (I skipped network config), to use CLI command
# omv-firstai

When using terminal - by default mounted partitions are located in /srv by their UUID. There is a symlink plugin to make that easier using webGUI.

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