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luigi | # 111 | 2010-01-18, 17:37 | Report

Originally Posted by Nathan View Post

Actually this is untrue; the built in File Manager will navigate to anything inside the /media folder. ;-)

It is considered the "root" folder. So if you use the up arrow, the final location will be listing what is in the /media folder. (Hence the reason why the cifsmount script, and wizard mounter uses it as the base location to mount file shares)

Nathan

I'm trying to reproduce this, but don't succeed (N900/2.2009.51-1). If I do (as root) 'mkdir /media/qqq', I don't see the directory 'qqq' with the built-in File Manager, even if I do 'chown -R user /media/qqq'. How come?

SubCore | # 112 | 2010-01-18, 17:43 | Report

Originally Posted by luigi View Post

I'm trying to reproduce this, but don't succeed (N900/2.2009.51-1). If I do (as root) 'mkdir /media/qqq', I don't see the directory 'qqq' with the built-in File Manager, even if I do 'chown -R user /media/qqq'. How come?

you won't see the directory until something is actually mounted there. the file manager doesn't display directories but mount-points.

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luigi | # 113 | 2010-01-18, 17:59 | Report

I've read this whole thread from the beginning and I think you've all carried out a marvelous job in bringing such essential feature to this device.

If I understand well, there are currently two paths to follow: Nathan's kernel-module-cifs and Qole's winfs. The pros and cons of both solutions are not clear to me. Could someone clarify?

Since I'm a bit uncertain not to break anything, I'd like to know upfront: is it as simple as 1) installing the package, 2) making a mount point, 3) carrying out the appropriate mount command?

qole | # 114 | 2010-01-18, 18:44 | Report

My winfs package is just a packaging of Nathan's cifs & ntfs modules, along with his mount.cifs command (because I wanted something *right now*). It has been obsoleted by Nathan's own kernel module package.

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edivad75 | # 115 | 2010-01-18, 18:51 | Report

Originally Posted by Cue View Post

As far as I know (somebody correct me if I'm wrong) the original bourne shell does not have arrays; except one which can be changed with the "set" command. this array initially stores the command line arguments.

You get the array values with $1 $2 etc, and the size with $#
I will rewrite GameboyRMH's script for the original bourne shell (/bin/sh) and post it here then he can make the necessary changes.

I hope you don't mind GameboyRMH.

Edit: ok, I changed some of it. There are probably some syntax differences I didn't spot but see if it works with this and tell me where it complains

Code:

#! /bin/sh
#arguments: servername serverip share username password mountpoint
#username, password and mountpoint are optional arguments
if [ $# -lt 3 ] ; then
    #Go into "wizard mode" if there are no arguments
    echo -e "Not enough arguments passed - running wizard"
    echo -e "Enter the server name:"
    read servername
    echo -e "Enter the server IP"
    read serverip
    echo -e "Enter the share name or path"
    read sharename
    echo -e "Enter a username, or leave blank for anonymous"
    read username
    username_orig=$username
    if [ "${username}" != "" ]; then
        echo -e "Enter a password"
        read password
    fi
    echo -e "Enter a mount point, or leave blank for automatic"
    read mountpoint
fi
#if arguments were passed from the command line, use them:
if [ $# -gt 2 ]; then
    servername=$1
    serverip=$2
    sharename=$3
    username=$4
    username_orig=$username
    password=$5
    mountpoint=$6
fi
#set default mountpoint if the user didn't enter one
if [ "${mountpoint}" = "" ]; then
    mountpoint="/media/Remote_Filesystems/$servername@$sharename"
    #make sure the Remote_Filesystems directory exists
    mountparentdir="/media/Remote_Filesystems"
    if [ -d $mountparentdir ]; then
        echo -e "$mountparentdir found."
    else 
        echo -e "Creating $mountparentdir"
        mkdir $mountparentdir
    fi
fi
#requote variables to escape special characters
servername=$(printf '%q' "$servername")
serverip=$(printf '%q' "$serverip")
sharename=$(printf '%q' "$sharename")
username=$(printf '%q' "$username")
password=$(printf '%q' "$password")
mountpoint=$(printf '%q' "$mountpoint")
#check for mountpoint and create it if it doesn't exist
if [ -d $mountpoint ]; then
    echo -e "Mount point already exists - will attempt to use."
else 
    echo -e "Creating mountpoint $mountpoint"
    mkdir $mountpoint
fi 
echo -e "Attempting to mount //$servername/$sharename at $mountpoint"
#Run the mount command
if [ "${username_orig}" = "" ]; then
mount -t cifs //$servername/$sharename $mountpoint -o user=$username pass=$password ip=$serverip
else
mount -t cifs //$servername/$sharename $mountpoint -o ip=$serverip
fi
#chown mountpoint to user
chown -R user $mountpoint
echo -e "To unmount this share, run umount $mountpoint as root"

I have modified the script and now it works:

Code:

#! /bin/sh
#arguments: servername serverip share username password mountpoint
#username, password and mountpoint are optional arguments
if [ $# -lt 3 ] ; then
    #Go into "wizard mode" if there are no arguments
    echo -e "Not enough arguments passed - running wizard"
    echo -e "Enter the server name:"
    read servername
    echo -e "Enter the server IP"
    read serverip
    echo -e "Enter the share name or path"
    read sharename
    echo -e "Enter a username, or leave blank for anonymous"
    read username
    username_orig=$username
    if [ "${username}" != "" ]; then
        echo -e "Enter a password"
        read password
    fi
    echo -e "Enter a mount point, or leave blank for automatic"
    read mountpoint
fi
#if arguments were passed from the command line, use them:
if [ $# -gt 2 ]; then
    servername=$1
    serverip=$2
    sharename=$3
    username=$4
    username_orig=$username
    password=$5
    mountpoint=$6
fi
#set default mountpoint if the user didn't enter one
if [ "${mountpoint}" = "" ]; then
    mountpoint="/media/Remote_Filesystems/$servername@$sharename"
    #make sure the Remote_Filesystems directory exists
    mountparentdir="/media/Remote_Filesystems"
    if [ -d $mountparentdir ]; then
        echo -e "$mountparentdir found."
    else 
        echo -e "Creating $mountparentdir"
        mkdir $mountparentdir
    fi
fi
#requote variables to escape special characters
#servername=$(printf '%q' "$servername")
#serverip=$(printf '%q' "$serverip")
#sharename=$(printf '%q' "$sharename")
#username=$(printf '%q' "$username")
#password=$(printf '%q' "$password")
#mountpoint=$(printf '%q' "$mountpoint")
#check for mountpoint and create it if it doesn't exist
if [ -d $mountpoint ]; then
    echo -e "Mount point already exists - will attempt to use."
else 
    echo -e "Creating mountpoint $mountpoint"
    mkdir $mountpoint
fi 
echo -e "Attempting to mount //$servername/$sharename at $mountpoint"
#Run the mount command
if [ "${username_orig}" = "" ]; then
mount -t cifs //$servername/$sharename $mountpoint -o user=$username,pass=$password,ip=$serverip
else
mount -t cifs //$servername/$sharename $mountpoint -o ip=$serverip
fi
#chown mountpoint to user
chown -R user $mountpoint
echo -e "To unmount this share, run umount $mountpoint as root"

i have comment the requote of vaiables and i have separate the parameter in mount command after "-o" with comma "," and not with space " "
i have put the script with exenshions ".sh" in the bin directory and i have run "chmod u+x cifsmount.sh" with root privileges.
i have execute the script with root privileges
Sorry for my little english and thanks a lot at All!
edivad

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luigi | # 116 | 2010-01-18, 21:32 | Report

Originally Posted by SubCore View Post

you won't see the directory until something is actually mounted there. the file manager doesn't display directories but mount-points.

Confirmed, thanks!

Cue | # 117 | 2010-01-19, 01:15 | Report

Originally Posted by edivad75 View Post

i have comment the requote of vaiables and i have separate the parameter in mount command after "-o" with comma "," and not with space " "
i have put the script with exenshions ".sh" in the bin directory and i have run "chmod u+x cifsmount.sh" with root privileges.
i have execute the script with root privileges
Sorry for my little english and thanks a lot at All!
edivad

Thanks edivad.
commenting out the requotes would work but then wouldn't you have to be careful about what the actual string contains?
I'm curious about a "printf %q" alternative since I've never thought about how to requote in the bourne shell.

Nathan | # 118 | 2010-01-19, 06:32 | Report

Well, I've uploaded both TrueCrypt and Samba; and the buildservers built them, but apparently the process to "move" it into the Extras-Devel is currently down. Ergh...

Nathan

GameboyRMH | # 119 | 2010-01-19, 13:46 | Report

Just one correction to that code (the login / anon commands would be chosen incorrectly)

Code:

#! /bin/sh
#arguments: servername serverip share username password mountpoint
#username, password and mountpoint are optional arguments
if [ $# -lt 3 ] ; then
    #Go into "wizard mode" if there are no arguments
    echo -e "Not enough arguments passed - running wizard"
    echo -e "Enter the server name:"
    read servername
    echo -e "Enter the server IP"
    read serverip
    echo -e "Enter the share name or path"
    read sharename
    echo -e "Enter a username, or leave blank for anonymous"
    read username
    username_orig=$username
    if [ "${username}" != "" ]; then
        echo -e "Enter a password"
        read password
    fi
    echo -e "Enter a mount point, or leave blank for automatic"
    read mountpoint
fi
#if arguments were passed from the command line, use them:
if [ $# -gt 2 ]; then
    servername=$1
    serverip=$2
    sharename=$3
    username=$4
    username_orig=$username
    password=$5
    mountpoint=$6
fi
#set default mountpoint if the user didn't enter one
if [ "${mountpoint}" = "" ]; then
    mountpoint="/media/Remote_Filesystems/$servername@$sharename"
    #make sure the Remote_Filesystems directory exists
    mountparentdir="/media/Remote_Filesystems"
    if [ -d $mountparentdir ]; then
        echo -e "$mountparentdir found."
    else 
        echo -e "Creating $mountparentdir"
        mkdir $mountparentdir
    fi
fi
#requote variables to escape special characters
#servername=$(printf '%q' "$servername")
#serverip=$(printf '%q' "$serverip")
#sharename=$(printf '%q' "$sharename")
#username=$(printf '%q' "$username")
#password=$(printf '%q' "$password")
#mountpoint=$(printf '%q' "$mountpoint")
#check for mountpoint and create it if it doesn't exist
if [ -d $mountpoint ]; then
    echo -e "Mount point already exists - will attempt to use."
else 
    echo -e "Creating mountpoint $mountpoint"
    mkdir $mountpoint
fi 
echo -e "Attempting to mount //$servername/$sharename at $mountpoint"
#Run the mount command
if [ "${username_orig}" != "" ]; then
mount -t cifs //$servername/$sharename $mountpoint -o user=$username,pass=$password,ip=$serverip
else
mount -t cifs //$servername/$sharename $mountpoint -o ip=$serverip
fi
#chown mountpoint to user
chown -R user $mountpoint
echo -e "To unmount this share, run umount $mountpoint as root"

Can anyone confirm a successful mount?

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tuxian | # 120 | 2010-01-19, 13:59 | Report

I would like to tunnel my ssh port with ssh to be able to mount ist.

I use the command

ssh -X -L 139:localhost:139 user@myserver

which works fine.
When I uses nmap I see port 139 opened local.

But mounting doesn't work.

I use this command:

mount.cifs //localhost/data /mnt -ouser=myuser,ip=127.0.0.1

Then I get the message "Host is down".

Any suggestions?

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