You say that the locations in /home and /mnt are likely to cause (permission) problems? I would like to understand your statement:
“Use a dedicated structure outside the /home and /mnt and /run - so you can control the permissions without worrying the system inherit system permissions onto the shares making them inaccessible.”
The link to “Basic Samba Setup and Troubleshooting 1” does not help me; it is like Chinese to me.
When I edited my smb.conf file I started from the template and modified as few lines as possible according to the instructions I read in the template. What was wrong with my approach?