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Before you tell me all the security implications I am well aware and this is for convenience testing. I have a server running smbd on Debian 11 and it is configured correctly such that I can mount and use shares normally. However, I would like to share the server /root such that I can read and write files from my Mac which has the tools I like to use.

As root on my Mac using the following command:

mount_smbfs -f 666 -d 777 //root:[email protected]/root /Volumes/root/

I can mount the root folder on the server and see and modify files as root on the Mac. But the volume root is not visible from the Finder with hidden items turned on. The files are accessible from the terminal and emacs but I would like to be able to use for example SQLPro to examine some databases on the server but the volume is not accessible or visible from the Open dialog.

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    Finder isn’t run by root but by the logged in user. By default, it wouldn’t show because of this.
    – Allan
    Commented May 18, 2023 at 15:55
  • Finder may not be owned by root but it can certainly see volumes owned by root. Entering open / will show the root which is owned by root.
    – tgunr
    Commented May 18, 2023 at 15:58
  • And / isn’t mounted anywhere within Finder as a “clickable icon”. It also depends on the permssions. Try open /tmp and see if you get the same results. It’s important to note I said “By default, it wouldn’t show” not that it can’t be shown.
    – Allan
    Commented May 18, 2023 at 16:00
  • That may be so and the default may be to not show but my question remains, how can I make it visible?
    – tgunr
    Commented May 18, 2023 at 16:03
  • Either by AppleScript or with the shell, create a link on the desktop to the mounted volume.
    – Allan
    Commented May 18, 2023 at 16:04

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While the suggestion by Allan would work I just discovered that by accessing the server as I did in the question I can now see the same share when I connect as usual using the Finder which now shows me connected as root and the files in the volumes are owned by my user and thus visible and writable.

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