Help. I need Multiple Users on same Mount Point

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I live home with my wife, and I have about 5 computers

I installed TrueNas Scale, setting up a “user” for each computer.
After the first user (AsusKitchen), I am getting an error that “homedir already used by AsusKitchen.”

I don’t want a different directory, I want ALL my devices to be able to access the same directory.

Please advise.

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Well, you have at least a couple of options:

  • Use the same user account for each client computer
  • Create a different shared directory and give all the users access to it
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Sorry I might sound dim, but. can you elaborate a lil bit?

Using the same user account for each client computer would be great, but I think I tried it, and in SMB, it was saying the server refused the connection, only one user was allowed?

My tree is similar to…

/mnt/HPML350eVault/Vault

I want everyone to have access to MPML350e and click /vault and be able to map that with a drive letter.

What do I need to click in what area, in what order to make that happen?

I thank you immensely in advance. :slight_smile:

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It’s certainly possible to have a given user logged into SMB from more than one computer at a time; I do it routinely. But really, the second bullet is the better way to go. You don’t need or want user home directories or shares, just create a share called “vault” (consult the documentation for instructions; link is at the top of every page in this forum) and give all the users access to it. Again, consult the documentation.

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Than you, it took me a bit of fumbling around but I managed to achieve my goal. I appreciate it :slight_smile:

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The user home directory you set when you create a userid is the home directory for when that user logs into Linux with a shell. It is not used by SMB.

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Well TrueNAS Bit me in the rear end again.

Installing on another server, the same thing happens.

I did read the documentation, created a share, etc.

/mnt/vault/vault

I gave EVERYONE and EVERYTHING access to the /mnt/vault/vault share, and I am still unable to log in using a computer with Windows 11 on it. I wish I could show some screen shots of the web UI and my file manager.