Mount a private user folder to a public shared folder

Question

I have a Synology NAS with the usual default shared folders like /volume1/video. I have an admin user myuser, which has some videos in /volume1/homes/myuser/Videos Now, I would like to make those videos accessible in the shared folders (so that I can access them from a UPnP device such as my TV). I don't want to copy or move them over.

I changed the permissions of the /volume1/homes/myuser/Videos folder to give read access to everyone. I then edited /etc/rc.local and added in it

sudo mount --bind /volume1/homes/myuser/Videos /volume1/video/myuservideos

This works from the NAS perspective (terminal or DSM). When I go to /volume1/video/myuservideos I can see the videos.

But from my TV, the /volume1/video/myuservideos folder remains empty. Is this a limitation or did I do sth wrong ? Can I achieve what I want ?

Answer 1

Have you tried to symlink rather than mount --bind? I have a comment in my notes that the former is usually better:

https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/49623/are-there-any-drawbacks-from-using-mount-bind-as-a-substitute-for-symbolic-lin/49639

“Whatever you're trying to do, it's far more likely that symlinks are the right tool, than bind mounts being the right tool.”