Re: Eeek?! smbmount is deprecated?!
tejas wrote:
Kent West yazmış:
tejas wrote:
Kent West yazmış:
1. I've been unable to Google how to mount samba shares using the "mount
-t cifs" method (lots of info on using the "smbmount" method). So what
is the exact syntax equivalent, please, to "smbmount //server/share
/mntpoint -o credentials=LocationOfSecretsFile
westk[@westek]:/home/westk:> sudo mount -t cifs -o user=westk
//faculty/web mnt
Password: <--- for the sudo command
Password:
mount error 112 = Host is down
Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g.man mount.cifs)
westk[@westek]:/home/westk:> smbmount //faculty/web mnt -o username=westk
Password:
westk[@westek]:/home/westk:> ls mnt
Network Trash Folder public_html
So this syntax doesn't work. Also, this syntax still doesn't specify a
"secrets" file so I can move the password out of the command itself.
I just found the "man mount.cifs" which addresses my question about the
credentials file, so that issue can be set aside now.
This isn't about syntax. Something else must be wrong.
I have a scripts to sync my laptop and my desktop. Script's mount part
is like this:
mount -t cifs -o iocharset=utf8,user=hede //192.168.2.2/$i
/home/hede/Desktop/$i
Maybe you should try using absolute path for mount point.
I tried that, and it still failed. I tried using the IP address rather
than name for the server, and it still failed.
And, about CIFS, I had experienced some strange issues with it. (not too
strange ;) For example, when share's permissions is not convenient (am I
using right word!), CIFS refuse to mount and give some strange errors,
but smbfs mounts nicely, but you cannot acces files inside share.
Ah, yes; using the smbfs filesystem-type rather than cifs works, as below:
Wed Jul 11 20:52:10
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westk[@westek]:/home/westk:> ls mnt
Wed Jul 11 20:52:14
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westk[@westek]:/home/westk:> sudo mount -t cifs //faculty/web mnt -o
username=westk
Password:
mount error 112 = Host is down
Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g.man mount.cifs)
Wed Jul 11 20:52:22
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westk[@westek]:/home/westk:> sudo mount -t smbfs //faculty/web mnt -o
username=westk,uid=weskt
Password:
Wed Jul 11 20:52:29
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westk[@westek]:/home/westk:> ls mnt
Network Trash Folder public_html
Wed Jul 11 20:52:30
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westk[@westek]:/home/westk:>
So it appears there's something screwy about the cifs filesystem-type.
So this issue remains.
Another one of my issues was that smbmount all of a sudden (after my
rebuild) started mounting the shares with the mount point being owned by
root. With this working "mount -t smbfs" command, the addition of the
uid= option takes care of that issue.
And finally, the last issue remains: if mount normally must be run by
root, how can I give non-root users access to mount shares without
knowing before-hand what shares to pre-populate /etc/fstab with?
It would be much easier just to continue using smbmount, but like I say,
I'm trying to be a good, forward-going sort of guy rather than living in
the fading past....
Thanks!
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Kent
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