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We're basically trying to do something simple: share the root of a USB HDD plugged in a RPi with Samba. I remember how easy it was to set file sharing 10 years ago but it's gotten so complicated, no matter the guides I never managed to make it work as perfectly as it was before, or even make it work at all. So anyways..

Our equipment:

• Raspberry Pi 3 Model B


• Windows 10 laptop


• OSX laptop


• USB3 HDD with OSX HFS format (I think it's read-only on RPi, which is fine)

I installed the correct libraries to read HFS file format on both RPi and Windows, then made sure all the samba libraries were installed on Raspbian as well as the Windows 10 optional features.

My smb.conf (All the rest is default):

[global]
 workgroup = Workgroup
 wins support = yes

[homes]
 comment = Home Directories
 browseable = yes
 read only = no
 create mask = 0700
 directory mask = 0700

[Videos]
 comment = Kodi video source
 path = /media/pi/Media/
 brwoseable = yes
 create mask = 0700
 directory mask = 0700
 read only = no
 guest ok = yes

With that config, what happens on Windows:

I joined "Workgroup" on Windows 10, rebooted my computer and activated file sharing, made sure my network was set to "private", not public". Then in the explorer's "network" area, nothing ever shows, however by typing in the address bar: \OPENPLOTTER, which is the RPi's name, the shared folders show up ("homes", "pi" and "Videos"). "home" and "pi" are readable and writable, however opening "Videos" results in:

"Windows cannot access OPENPLOTTERVideos. The network path was not found". (I think at some point I hit "connect" and entered the credentials also).

What happens on OSX:

Same happens as on Windows, can't access the "Videos" folder, except we don't have to manually enter the RPi's address and go through complicated shenanigans, it shows up right away in "Network" and we can then hit "connect" and enter credentials.

I also tried creating a symbolic link "Videos" in the home folder but when trying to access it, same happens as the original "Videos" folder.

Tried also the Tips and tricks here

Checked out this Kodi guide on SMB shares

And tried chmod on the shared Video folder put it's read-only