This is just half of what I have ask for but ok. It looks you moved DietPi User Data zu your external disk.
can you share whole Samba configuration
cat /etc/samba/smb.conf
Sorry, the full response was:
NAME FSTYPE LABEL SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT PARTUUID UUID
sda 1.8T 0 disk
└─sda1
ext4 1.8T 0 part /mnt/video 6c602619-a7c5-4a2f-9e35-10c749d41b64 64aeecb1-0678-4a71-9dd7-ae2ab23ff5fb
mmcblk0
59.7G 0 disk
├─mmcblk0p1
│ vfat 128M 0 part /boot 28a6ec92-01 5044-2089
└─mmcblk0p2
ext4 59.6G 0 part / 28a6ec92-02 cce434c1-4bcd-4c4d-ba03-f6179e1f1722
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/root 59G 2.8G 54G 5% /
devtmpfs 1.9G 0 1.9G 0% /dev
tmpfs 1.9G 8.0K 1.9G 1% /dev/shm
tmpfs 759M 11M 749M 2% /run
tmpfs 5.0M 8.0K 5.0M 1% /run/lock
tmpfs 1.9G 4.0K 1.9G 1% /tmp
tmpfs 50M 252K 50M 1% /var/log
/dev/mmcblk0p1 127M 33M 95M 26% /boot
tmpfs 380M 8.0K 380M 1% /run/user/0
/dev/sda1 1.8T 26G 1.8T 2% /mnt/video_content
/mnt:
total 20
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Feb 3 16:29 .
drwxr-xr-x 18 root root 4096 Jan 20 23:26 ..
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 34 Feb 2 23:17 dietpi_userdata -> /mnt/video_content/dietpi_userdata
drwxrwxr-x 2 dietpi dietpi 4096 Dec 31 01:45 ftp_client
drwxrwxr-x 2 dietpi dietpi 4096 Dec 31 01:45 nfs_client
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 Feb 2 23:31 video_content
/mnt/dietpi_userdata/:
total 40
drwxrwxr-x 8 dietpi dietpi 4096 Feb 2 22:08 .
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 Feb 2 23:31 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7709 Feb 2 22:06 DietPi_OpenVPN_Client.ovpn
drwxrwxr-x 2 dietpi dietpi 4096 Feb 2 21:57 Music
drwxrwxr-x 2 dietpi dietpi 4096 Feb 2 21:53 Pictures
drwxrwxr-x 2 dietpi dietpi 4096 Feb 2 21:53 Video
drwxrwxr-x 6 dietpi dietpi 4096 Feb 2 22:08 downloads
drwxr-xr-x 7 radarr dietpi 4096 Feb 3 18:37 radarr
drwxr-xr-x 6 sonarr dietpi 4096 Feb 3 18:16 sonarr
/mnt/video_content/dietpi_userdata
/mnt/video_content/dietpi_userdata
path = /mnt/video_content
path = /mnt/video_content
path = /mnt/dietpi_userdata
# users profiles (see the "logon path" option above)
# The path below should be writable by all users so that their
path = /mnt/video_content
path = /mnt/video_content
path = /mnt/video_content
Sample configuration file for the Samba suite for Debian GNU/Linux.
#
#
# This is the main Samba configuration file. You should read the
# smb.conf(5) manual page in order to understand the options listed
# here. Samba has a huge number of configurable options most of which
# are not shown in this example
#
# Some options that are often worth tuning have been included as
# commented-out examples in this file.
# - When such options are commented with ";", the proposed setting
# differs from the default Samba behaviour
# - When commented with "#", the proposed setting is the default
# behaviour of Samba but the option is considered important
# enough to be mentioned here
#
# NOTE: Whenever you modify this file you should run the command
# "testparm" to check that you have not made any basic syntactic
# errors.
#======================= Global Settings =======================
[global]
## Browsing/Identification ###
# Change this to the workgroup/NT-domain name your Samba server will part of
workgroup = WORKGROUP
#### Networking ####
# The specific set of interfaces / networks to bind to
# This can be either the interface name or an IP address/netmask;
# interface names are normally preferred
; interfaces = 127.0.0.0/8 eth0
# Only bind to the named interfaces and/or networks; you must use the
# 'interfaces' option above to use this.
# It is recommended that you enable this feature if your Samba machine is
# not protected by a firewall or is a firewall itself. However, this
# option cannot handle dynamic or non-broadcast interfaces correctly.
; bind interfaces only = yes
#### Debugging/Accounting ####
# This tells Samba to use a separate log file for each machine
# that connects
log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
# Cap the size of the individual log files (in KiB).
max log size = 1000
# We want Samba to only log to /var/log/samba/log.{smbd,nmbd}.
# Append syslog@1 if you want important messages to be sent to syslog too.
logging = file
# Do something sensible when Samba crashes: mail the admin a backtrace
panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d
####### Authentication #######
# Server role. Defines in which mode Samba will operate. Possible
# values are "standalone server", "member server", "classic primary
# domain controller", "classic backup domain controller", "active
# directory domain controller".
#
# Most people will want "standalone server" or "member server".
# Running as "active directory domain controller" will require first
# running "samba-tool domain provision" to wipe databases and create a
# new domain.
server role = standalone server
obey pam restrictions = yes
# This boolean parameter controls whether Samba attempts to sync the Unix
# password with the SMB password when the encrypted SMB password in the
# passdb is changed.
unix password sync = yes
# For Unix password sync to work on a Debian GNU/Linux system, the following
# parameters must be set (thanks to Ian Kahan <<kahan@informatik.tu-muenchen.de> for
# sending the correct chat script for the passwd program in Debian Sarge).
passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
passwd chat = *Enter\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *Retype\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *password\supdated\ssuccessfully* .
# This boolean controls whether PAM will be used for password changes
# when requested by an SMB client instead of the program listed in
# 'passwd program'. The default is 'no'.
pam password change = yes
# This option controls how unsuccessful authentication attempts are mapped
# to anonymous connections
map to guest = bad user
########## Domains ###########
#
# The following settings only takes effect if 'server role = classic
# primary domain controller', 'server role = classic backup domain controller'
# or 'domain logons' is set
#
# It specifies the location of the user's
# profile directory from the client point of view) The following
# required a [profiles] share to be setup on the samba server (see
# below)
path = /mnt/video_content
# Another common choice is storing the profile in the user's home directory
# (this is Samba's default)
path = /mnt/video_content
# The following setting only takes effect if 'domain logons' is set
# It specifies the location of a user's home directory (from the client
# point of view)
; logon drive = H:
# logon home = \\%N\%U
# The following setting only takes effect if 'domain logons' is set
# It specifies the script to run during logon. The script must be stored
# in the [netlogon] share
# NOTE: Must be store in 'DOS' file format convention
; logon script = logon.cmd
# This allows Unix users to be created on the domain controller via the SAMR
# RPC pipe. The example command creates a user account with a disabled Unix
# password; please adapt to your needs
; add user script = /usr/sbin/useradd --create-home %u
# This allows machine accounts to be created on the domain controller via the
# SAMR RPC pipe.
# The following assumes a "machines" group exists on the system
; add machine script = /usr/sbin/useradd -g machines -c "%u machine account" -d /var/lib/samba -s /bin/false %u
# This allows Unix groups to be created on the domain controller via the SAMR
# RPC pipe.
; add group script = /usr/sbin/addgroup --force-badname %g
############ Misc ############
# Using the following line enables you to customise your configuration
# on a per machine basis. The %m gets replaced with the netbios name
# of the machine that is connecting
; include = /home/samba/etc/smb.conf.%m
# Some defaults for winbind (make sure you're not using the ranges
# for something else.)
; idmap config * : backend = tdb
; idmap config * : range = 3000-7999
; idmap config YOURDOMAINHERE : backend = tdb
; idmap config YOURDOMAINHERE : range = 100000-999999
; template shell = /bin/bash
# Setup usershare options to enable non-root users to share folders
# with the net usershare command.
# Maximum number of usershare. 0 means that usershare is disabled.
# usershare max shares = 100
# Allow users who've been granted usershare privileges to create
# public shares, not just authenticated ones
usershare allow guests = yes
#======================= Share Definitions =======================
[homes]
comment = Home Directories
browseable = no
# By default, the home directories are exported read-only. Change the
# next parameter to 'no' if you want to be able to write to them.
read only = yes
# File creation mask is set to 0700 for security reasons. If you want to
# create files with group=rw permissions, set next parameter to 0775.
create mask = 0700
# Directory creation mask is set to 0700 for security reasons. If you want to
# create dirs. with group=rw permissions, set next parameter to 0775.
directory mask = 0700
# By default, \\server\username shares can be connected to by anyone
# with access to the samba server.
# The following parameter makes sure that only "username" can connect
# to \\server\username
# This might need tweaking when using external authentication schemes
valid users = %S
# Un-comment the following and create the netlogon directory for Domain Logons
# (you need to configure Samba to act as a domain controller too.)
;[netlogon]
; comment = Network Logon Service
path = /mnt/dietpi_userdata
; guest ok = yes
; read only = yes
# Un-comment the following and create the profiles directory to store
# users profiles (see the "logon path" option above)
# (you need to configure Samba to act as a domain controller too.)
# The path below should be writable by all users so that their
# profile directory may be created the first time they log on
;[profiles]
; comment = Users profiles
path = /mnt/video_content
; guest ok = no
; browseable = no
; create mask = 0600
; directory mask = 0700
[printers]
comment = All Printers
browseable = no
path = /mnt/video_content
printable = yes
guest ok = no
read only = yes
create mask = 0700
# Windows clients look for this share name as a source of downloadable
# printer drivers
[print$]
comment = Printer Drivers
path = /mnt/video_content
browseable = yes
read only = yes
guest ok = no
# Uncomment to allow remote administration of Windows print drivers.
# You may need to replace 'lpadmin' with the name of the group your
# admin users are members of.
# Please note that you also need to set appropriate Unix permissions
# to the drivers directory for these users to have write rights in it
; write list = root, @lpadmin
How did you install Samba? Because configuration file is not the DietPi one.
Hmm, pretty sure I installed it from dietpi-software (I wouldn’t know where else or how to install anything on my DietPi!)
following should reset configuration
systemctl stop smbd nmbd
rm /etc/samba/smb.conf
dietpi-software reinstall 96
[quote=“Joulinar, post:13, topic:19159”]
and then run
sed **-**i '/path = /c\path **=** /mnt/video_content /etc/samba/smb.conf
systemctl restart nmbd smbd
or
sed **-**i '/path = /c\path **=** /mnt/video_content/dietpi_userdata /etc/samba/smb.conf
systemctl restart nmbd smbd
to change the config file?
Scratch that - after running that command it’s now working as expected
Massive thanks for your support, and more impressively, your patience!
Sorry, last ask from me…
How can I check that Sonarr etc are storing downloaded files to my external drive. I’m just getting confused with the paths… I can’t see where the HDD I called video_content is as such 
Thanks again
It’s cool - with some poking around (looking, not touching 
) I think I’ve convinced myself.
Thanks again
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