Can't Add /storage or /storage/.kodi/ Folders to SMB shares after 8.1.2 Update

1st Official Post

    Hi guys,

    I noticed that after installing LibreElec's update 8.1.2, I lost access to these two folders that I had previously added to the samba.conf file:

    /storage

    /storage/.kodi/

    I immediately checked my samba.conf file (/storage/.config/samba.conf) and these two locations are still there as follows:

    [Storage]

    path = /storage

    available = yes

    browsable = yes

    public = yes

    writable = yes

    root preexec = mkdir -p /storage

    [Kodi]

    path = /storage/.kodi

    available = yes

    browsable = yes

    public = yes

    writable = yes

    root preexec = mkdir -p /storage/.kodi


    Can someone please advise, what am I missing?

    Quote from trogggy

    AFAIK you need to remake your samba.conf from samba.conf.sample, so it includes the latest changes.

    Great, thank you! To be sure I understood correctly,

    1. I will add these two location to samba.conf.sample

    2. delete original samba.conf

    3. rename samba.conf.sample to samba.conf

    4. reboot

    • Official Post

    8.1.2 detects that you have an older v3 config that would cause samba to fail on startup and skips it (so starts with the default v4 config) hence the shares are missing.