Syno, a CLI wrapper for SMB shares

DISCLAIMER: This has only been tested on Mac OS X. Adapting for Linux should be quite straightforward though.

This is a wrapper tool for quickly seeing what SMB shares are avaible from your Synology (or SMB server), mount them and unmount them. It's a clear case of code as documentation, where I wrap and automate different commands involved in this just to only remember a couple of things.

Some examples

Showing active configuration (Synology server, user, and configuration file):

syno config

Listing available shares, if you put a description when you configured them in your NAS you'll get it here:

syno shares

Mounting a share called myvolume:

syno mount -v myvolume

Listing mounted shares:

syno list

Unmounting the share:

syno unmount -v myvolume

or (to unmount all):

syno umount -a

Getting help:

syno -h

Installation and set up

• Clone the project.
• Move the syno bash script somewhere where your PATH can reach it. I use $HOME/bin.
• Move the configuration file syno_creds somewhere where to typically put credentials or other configs. I use $HOME/.config.
• Edit the syno_creds and fill in the following variables:
  • SYNO_USER: your Synology user with permissions to access the shares.
  • SYNO_PW: user password.
  • SYNO_ID: This can either be the Synology IP or the Avahi name for the NAS.
  • BASE_DIR: location where you want your shares to be mounted. I use $HOME/syno_mounts.
• Protect your credentials file by changing its permissions:

  chmod 400 syno_creds

You should be good to go.