"home" directory created when user connects via SMB

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Hey, I have a problem with sharing my files via SMB

When i create a dataset and share it through SMB all looks good, but when an user mounts the SMB share on the client side it seems that the system creates a “home” directory with the same name as the user inside the main dataset.
I want all the users to have a same “space” to share files, not separating the data of each user.

If anyone knows anything, tell me, I’m stuck with this shit and I can’t move forward with my project no matter how much I search the internet.

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pay attention to “credentials > users”
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is likely that you did that.

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Nope, none of the users have home directory

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The photo dindnt uploaded correctly in the first post, here it is if it can help to determine the problem

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As u see, all the datasets that have SMB have a folder called “lfh”

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Am new at this. The answer I gave you is because I’ve done that.

What is SMR ?

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Oh, srry, bad writting, I mean SMB

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Do you have the SMB share set to use Home Shares?

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No, also unchecked…
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Did you select the SMB share preset that is designed to automatically create per-user datasets on share connection?

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Good thing it was a typo, otherwise it equals bad drive to have.

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How do i know it?

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You look at your share configuration. It’s displayed prominently on the form.

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Ok, it seems like it fixed the problem, but I can’t say it’s solved for now, i will test more and confirm if it is solved. Thanks

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Totally solved, thanks I didn’t think that option could do that!!!

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I’d say that that is a bug. Not because one chooses that share to hold the users home share, the share will be created without selecting so in a user. My 2 cents
But am of course glad that it got solved.

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It’s not a bug because this behavior is literally what the feature is described to do. It is not a home directory, but rather a unique dataset that is named after the user.

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