On Sat, Dec 12, 2020 at 10:45:01AM +1100, Keith Bainbridge wrote: > On 12/12/20 8:34 am, Paul M Foster wrote: > > I made various minor changes (like changing the mount to /music) and now > > the problem appears to be resolved. As is sometimes the case, the > > problem gets solved without you knowing how you solved it. > > > Perhaps the restart of samba? Or do you mean you re-named tthe mount > point on the mac? > > Pleased it's solved. > > > For what it's worth, I drafted this last night but couldn't send it - > kicking self as I knew most of you would be active whilst I was asleep: > > This article seems to confirm my thought that macOS supports sshfs: > > https://igppwiki.ucsd.edu/plugins/servlet/mobile?contentId=6063930#content/view/6063930 > > I'm sure it does nfs if you prefer.
As far as I know, there is no NFS in sight on the Mac. Dunno about sshfs. > > It's been ages since I used samba, but I recall that users needed a > smbpasswd set. I see you have no passwd, but I'm not sure that cuts it. My wife is connecting as a guest, which makes it easier on her. As she would only be downloading mp3 files to play, she can be a "guest". > > Another suggestion: try mounting the 'music' partition somewhere else on > your Pi, and maybe give it a userid and groupid at fstab. And maybe add > your wife to that group? I changed the mount to /music, owned by root, but with 777 perms. As a guest, samba won't permit her to write to the directory. Paul -- Paul M. Foster http://noferblatz.com http://quillandmouse.com
