@Tellerik … No I did not have to set any special permissions to access the public folder on my Cloud home in Kodi.
Accessing SMB shares in Kodi can be problematic at times and sometimes needs a couple of go’s…it is not the fault of the my cloud home…
For reference the screenshots below are from Kodi 17.6 installed on a minix android media hub.
I have assigned a static ip on my router for the My Cloud home ( 192.168.1.12 in this example)
In Kodi file manager you should navigate to the File Manager and Browse and then select Add Network Location
Enter the ip address of your my cloud home in the Server Name and public in the Shared Folder options, then press OK
you can now see the folders I have in my public folder on my cloud home
when you re enter kodi’s file manager you will now see that you have added a new source which is your My Cloud home public folder
