Hello everyone, I set up a file-sharing server on my raspberry pi using samba and tailscale to connect to it from networks that aren't the same as the raspberry pi's. Recently I added a second user so that they can backup their stuff. On linux everything works fine but on Micro$hit's Windows 10 it doesn't let them connect to the file server. Or rather, at first I tried with an unrelated person who only accessed the public folder as a "guest" (rather: no user) from windows and it worked. Then we tried with this person and it let her access the server at first but wouldn't let her log in with her credentials. Turns out I forgot to add the user to samba, so I do that, reboot the server, and then it just doesn't let her connect to the server in the first place, giving an 0x80004005 unspecified error. I should also point out that she's accessing the machine as an external tailscale user with the device being shared to her. What could be the cause of this and how can we go about solving it? I'd love to just tell her to just install linux and be on with our day but that simply isn't much of an option. Sorry if the information isn't too precise, I'm still a bit of a noob. EDIT: It works through the local network after disabling the firewall but connecting through tailscale doesn't work.

Hello everyone, I am very new to self-hosting. I just set up a file sharing server with raspberry pi and samba. Now I'm sure this is asked quite a bit but searching for it I couldn't find the answers I'm looking for most of the time or the answers are confusing. I need to be able to access the raspberry pi from different networks than the ones it is connected to. Specifically in 2 ways: 1) I need to access it via ssh to manage it remotely. I know you can do this by port-forwarding port 22 but that doesn't seem safe looking at a recent post here. I heard about tailscale but I'm not sure how it works too well rn and while I am willing to learn I want to ask what other options are out there and which ones do you guys prefer usually. 2) I need to be able to access the files in the server while following the samba configurations I set up. For me it is fine to use the file explorer normally used with samba, especially if that works with tailscale or whatever solution for point 1, but I plan to share some directories with some close friends who are not tech savvy at all and I know the idea of typing an ip adress in the file manager every time may scare them already, let alone having to install something like tailscale or anything. So I wanted to try and make something easier to access, like a self-hosted website or a web ui (I tried the one recommended in [this guide](https://raspberrytips.com/raspberry-pi-file-server/), and therefore the relevant instructions in this [github page](https://github.com/jesec/flood), but it wouldn't install for a bunch of problems that make no sense). Doesn't need to be anything fancy, just an address to type in the browser and it will show the files (according to the samba configs so directories not public require a log-in), download them and upload some. The main point is that it needs to be very easy for the end-user who wants to download/upload files from anywhere, ease to set up is ok but not necessary. Do you guys know any good resources for stuff like this or program I can use without having to make a website from scratch (I will do it if necessary but I'd rather avoid that)? Thanks and sorry for the very noobish questions.