Accessing the USB port on a Hub2 with Linux

[#1]

How do you configure Linux Mint 20.3 to access the USB port the Hub?  VLC running on the firestick can assess, so it is working.

Is the a way to create a shortcut to the USB disconnect button? Ideally one click/press instead three and the admin password.

[#2]

@appoloin1 

What desktop are you running in Mint? This will determine what file manager is installed.

I'm running Mint 22 Cinnamon, which has Nemo as the default file manager.

I haven't tried using the USB port for a long time, and my Plusnet Hub is no longer connected to my network because I am in the final stages of migrating from PN to Zen Internet, but what do you see when you click on "Network" in your file manager.

With Linux, this might be a "permissions" issue.

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[#3]

I'm using Cinnamon. The "Network" tab shows the icon for "Window Network", but when clicked on it returns the message "Unable to Mount Location". 

Are there any apps other than Nemo that can used to upload to the usb or delete from it?

[#4]

@appoloin1 

IIRC, the Plusnet Hub, (and likewise the BT SmartHubs), use a very old version of the Samba sharing protocol. Many operating systems do not activate Samba v1 due to security concerns.

Have you had a look at the Linux Mint forums about this? The first post in this thread has some code that the OP added to their smb.conf file to make v1 work.

If that doesn't work then I'd recommend looking further on those forums, particularly in relation to permissions.

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[#5]

@appoloin1 

As mentioned the Hub uses smb1, with windows you need to add SMB1 client support to mount the USB drive.

https://community.plus.net/t5/forums/replypage/board-id/Hardware/message-id/40116 might have some pointers, but be warned some references are for the Hub One.

As @Mr_Paul says I would search Mint forums

As to a shortcut to safely remove the USB drive you'll probably need to record your mouse and keyboard actions

[#6 · Accepted solution]

Got it working.

First the line below was added to global section of /etc/samba/smb.conf

client min protocol = NT1

Next in the terminal this command was used, that opened USB1 in Nemo.  The share was bookmarked in Nemo to make it easier next time.

nemo smb://192.168.1.254/usb1