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The samba config should be pointing directly to the mount point I have created for the two external HDDs, yet it still reports in Windows as 116GB (my OS SD card size on the Pi).

/etc/fstab (DEVICEUUID being the actual UUID of the HDD)

UUID=DEVICEUUID /usb1/share ext4 defaults,auto,users,$users,rw,nofail

/etc/samba/smb.conf (showing only share1 for readability)

[Share] comment = Private storage path = /usb1/share valid users = @users force group = users create mask = 0775 directory mask = 0775 read only = no

I have also run the following commands on the /usb1 and /usb2 directories

sudo chown -R pi usb1 sudo chmod -R 0775 usb1

findmnt --target /usb1/share returns

/ /dev/mmcblk0p2 ext4 rw,noatime

Thanks!

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  • What does findmnt --target /usb1/share return? (Please add this to your question. Don't reply in the comments.) Commented Sep 30, 2021 at 21:19
  • What's this UUID=INSERT in the /etc/fstab entry? That's not a valid UUID. On that same line, what do you expect $users to do? Commented Sep 30, 2021 at 21:21
  • "I have also run chown and chmod commands on the /usb1 and /usb2 directories" please provide the actual command you used Commented Sep 30, 2021 at 21:54
  • findmnt added & chmod/chown commands added, as well as clarifying the UUID=INSERT bit. I have no idea what $users is supposed to do in the fstab truth be told Commented Oct 1, 2021 at 23:10

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The reason that your Samba share is reporting the SD card root filesystem disk space is because that's where it's pointing. The directory /usb1/share is on this root filesystem.

The chances are that the entry in /etc/fstab is failing to mount because it's invalid. You can check this by running

mount /usb1/share findmnt --target /usb1/share

The first command attempts to mount the filesystem. The second identifies the actual filesystem holding the specified directory; it shouldn't be /.

Try this /etc/fstab entry

UUID=DEVICEUUID /usb1/share ext4 defaults 0 0
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