Editing Accessing Photos and Pictures on Synology Diskstation NAS (section)

==== Using symbolic links ====

<div class="alert alert-warning">The documentation on this page originally only referenced using symbolic links (as opposed to mounting the external folders). However, almost all discussions online dismiss this method. It also was not working as documented on a newer NAS.</div>

Create a symbolic link in the `/photos` directory that links to the other directory.

* Enable SSH connections to the NAS.
** DSM > Control Panel > Terminal & SNMP > Terminal tab > Enable SSH Service
** Now it's possible to SSH (as admin) to the DiskStation's IP using login credentials of one of DSM user accounts.
** `cd /volume1/photos`
** `ln -s /volume1/shared/some_other_directory link_alias` - make sure these symbolic links are owned by `admin`
* Re-index the media files.
** <strike>DSM > Control Panel > Media Library > Media Library tab > Re-Index button</strike><br />'''DSM''' > '''Control Panel''' > '''System''' group > '''Indexing Service''' > '''Media Indexing''' tab > '''Media Indexing''' group > '''Re-Index''' button