Filestash

This article explains how to set up Filestash in a Docker container as a web interface for browser-based access to a Samba or SMB file server. This newer configuration improves on my earlier Filebrowser setup in one essential point: the SMB storage is accessed as the authenticating user, i.e., the user authentication is passed through to the backend storage. This means that each user sees exactly the directories and files they have access to. When a new file is created through Filestash, it’s stored with the proper permissions as if it had been created it via SMB.