Iām new on this forum, my name is Jean-Philippe from France, Jura.
Iām a long time Linux user (and sometime code writer).
Iāve installed nextcloud on a Debian Jessie server and I would like that my users can access (ro) to files on a samba server (OpenMediaVault), so I read a lot of docs, I installed php5-libsmbclient, the external user support in NextCloud,
but I cant configure it, Iāve searched for few days and I cannot find where is the EXTERNAL STORAGE option that the doc talk about.
On my Nextcloud 11 server, installed from the zip file as described on the Install page, the āExternal storage supportā app is installed and enabled by default.
(I originally installed Nextcloud from git, but found that many of the āstandardā features were not installed. After struggling to enable the 2nd or 3rd standard feature I re-installed from zip, after which everything has worked as documented)
To create an SMB mount point, I did this:
login as an admin
click my name at the top right and select āadminā
select āExternal storagesā on the left
enter a name for the external storage location (personally, I begin all external storage mountpoints with ā_ā so that they sort to the top of the file list, like this: ā_Dataā)
Select āSMB / CIFSā from the āAdd storageā pull-down
Enter the requested server and login information
When the information is correct the status indicator at the left will become a green dot.
On the same admin screen is a check-box to āAllow users to mount external storageā. If you check that box you can allow users to create their own connections to external storage using the protocols you select from this list:
I have the same setup working. Iām sure I can get this working fo you. I have a few questions. Have you got samba shares working on Jessie. On nextcloud can you log in as Admin and click on files, top left. You should get a list of options, one being apps. Let me know if you donāt see that option.
Thanks for your replys
Finaly, I reinstall all from the beginning (before I removed the nextcloud database) following the doc as mmccarn did and now I have the external storage
but it is still not working, I donāt understand if I must or not configure mount points from the Linux shell before configuring in Nextcloud. That is not clear for me.
I must say that I had to activate the 2 modules External storage support and External user support.
Jean-Philippe