You can “hide” the public share from your Windows computers by not sharing it via SAMBA (SMB/CIFS)
ssh to your Cloud Drive
cd /etc/samba
cp overall_share overall_share.bak
vi overall_share
REMOVE THE FOLLOWING LINES FROM the file and save it
BEGIN ## sharename = Public
[Public]
path = /shares/Public
comment = Public
public = yes
browseable = yes
writeable = yes
guest ok = yes
map read only = no
END
restart SAMBA with the command:
/etc/init.d/samba restart
The Public share will not show up now when browing the cloud drive via file explorer from a Windows computer using file explorer.
The Public share will still show up in the DashBoard UI under Shares and on the mobile WD Cloud App. I still haven’t figured out what configs files it reads from for the DashBoard UI and the mobile app. If anyone else has figured this out, please feel free to chime in.
