SMB with Smart Q7?

serwei · 09-16-2009, 05:03 AM

Tried to no avail... any advice?

smbtree - works, shows my server+drives
smbmount - "CIFS not supported" etc...

how do I resolve this? read that CIFS is not smbfs, but a virtualised FS...
would like to use my shared drives over wifi...

thanks!

markr · 09-16-2009, 09:03 AM

cifs needs a kernel driver which we don't seem to have. What we do have is the fuse driver. I've just been playing with fusesmb and have got it working. I'll try to write up a guide in the next day or two when I get some time, but very roughly I followed the guide here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FuseSmb (I also had to do a "sudo chgrp fuse /dev/fuse")

Also the scanning for shares doesn't work for me, I needed to manually create a fusesmb.cache.

Anyway, I'll try to do a guide soon.

rogue_ronin · 09-16-2009, 06:03 PM

A guide would be awesome. I've used fusesmb with Thunar, works transparently.

m a r

markr · 09-17-2009, 03:31 AM

Okay a quick guide.

Install fusesmb:

Code:

sudo apt-get install fusesmb

add your user to the fuse group and set /dev/fuse to the fuse group:

Code:

sudo adduser user fuse
sudo chgrp fuse /dev/fuse

At this point reboot to apply the new user settings (actually you can probably just restart your ssh session or evilvte).

Insert the fuse kernel module:

Code:

sudo modprobe fuse

To make this happen automagically edit /etc/modules as root and add the word fuse on a line of its own. Other wise you need to modprobe each time you want to use fuse. [Actually I just checked my /etc/modules and it is already there, must either be there by default or get added by one of the installs]

Make a config file:

Code:

mkdir ~/.smb
cp /usr/share/doc/fusesmb/examples/fusesmb.conf.ex ~/.smb/fusesmb.conf
chmod 600 ~/.smb/fusesmb.conf

If you don't have passwords on your shares that's all you need (and you might not even need that) if you have passwords you need to edit the config file.

Now to run fusesmb make the directory you want all your shares mounted under and then point fusesmb at it:

Code:

mkdir ~/shares
fusesmb ~/shares

Now if everything has worked all your shares should magically appear on that directory.

BUT... for me the auto-finding bit didn't work, now it might just be my network settings or it might be a bug. To tell fusesmb where your shares are edit the file ~/.smb/fusesmb.cache creating it if you need to and add them one per line with the following syntax:

Code:

/WORKGROUP/servername/sharename1
/WORKGROUP/servername/sharename2
/WORKGROUP/servername/sharename3

Anyway, someone give it a go and let me know how you get on, I might have forgotten to install something since I already had samba and stuff installed, but presumably apt should take care of that. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FuseSmb for more details, and it also has a bit on setting up the conf file with passwords and stuff.

serwei · 09-17-2009, 10:37 AM

well I tried ftp. LOL Q7 has no ftp either, had to apt-get. Looking for an ftp client now, other than "bash" my way through "ftp" with poketyping lol.

markr · 09-17-2009, 04:16 PM

Once you setup fusesmb all your shares will appear in the normal filesystem, so you can open files on there with any installed problem as if they were local files. It's well worth giving a go if you use windows shares for things.

09-16-2009, 05:03 AM	#1
serwei Enthusiast Posts: 49 Karma: 12 Join Date: Aug 2009 Device: Smart Q7	SMB with Smart Q7? Tried to no avail... any advice? smbtree - works, shows my server+drives smbmount - "CIFS not supported" etc... how do I resolve this? read that CIFS is not smbfs, but a virtualised FS... would like to use my shared drives over wifi... thanks!

09-17-2009, 03:31 AM	#4
markr Member Posts: 22 Karma: 104 Join Date: Jun 2009 Device: none	Okay a quick guide. Install fusesmb: Code: sudo apt-get install fusesmb add your user to the fuse group and set /dev/fuse to the fuse group: Code: sudo adduser user fuse sudo chgrp fuse /dev/fuse At this point reboot to apply the new user settings (actually you can probably just restart your ssh session or evilvte). Insert the fuse kernel module: Code: sudo modprobe fuse To make this happen automagically edit /etc/modules as root and add the word fuse on a line of its own. Other wise you need to modprobe each time you want to use fuse. [Actually I just checked my /etc/modules and it is already there, must either be there by default or get added by one of the installs] Make a config file: Code: mkdir ~/.smb cp /usr/share/doc/fusesmb/examples/fusesmb.conf.ex ~/.smb/fusesmb.conf chmod 600 ~/.smb/fusesmb.conf If you don't have passwords on your shares that's all you need (and you might not even need that) if you have passwords you need to edit the config file. Now to run fusesmb make the directory you want all your shares mounted under and then point fusesmb at it: Code: mkdir ~/shares fusesmb ~/shares Now if everything has worked all your shares should magically appear on that directory. BUT... for me the auto-finding bit didn't work, now it might just be my network settings or it might be a bug. To tell fusesmb where your shares are edit the file ~/.smb/fusesmb.cache creating it if you need to and add them one per line with the following syntax: Code: /WORKGROUP/servername/sharename1 /WORKGROUP/servername/sharename2 /WORKGROUP/servername/sharename3 Anyway, someone give it a go and let me know how you get on, I might have forgotten to install something since I already had samba and stuff installed, but presumably apt should take care of that. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FuseSmb for more details, and it also has a bit on setting up the conf file with passwords and stuff.

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09-16-2009, 09:03 AM	#2
markr Member Posts: 22 Karma: 104 Join Date: Jun 2009 Device: none	cifs needs a kernel driver which we don't seem to have. What we do have is the fuse driver. I've just been playing with fusesmb and have got it working. I'll try to write up a guide in the next day or two when I get some time, but very roughly I followed the guide here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FuseSmb (I also had to do a "sudo chgrp fuse /dev/fuse") Also the scanning for shares doesn't work for me, I needed to manually create a fusesmb.cache. Anyway, I'll try to do a guide soon.

09-16-2009, 06:03 PM	#3
rogue_ronin Banned Posts: 475 Karma: 796 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Honolulu Device: Nokia 770 (fbreader)	A guide would be awesome. I've used fusesmb with Thunar, works transparently. m a r

09-17-2009, 10:37 AM	#5
serwei Enthusiast Posts: 49 Karma: 12 Join Date: Aug 2009 Device: Smart Q7	well I tried ftp. LOL Q7 has no ftp either, had to apt-get. Looking for an ftp client now, other than "bash" my way through "ftp" with poketyping lol.

09-17-2009, 04:16 PM	#6
markr Member Posts: 22 Karma: 104 Join Date: Jun 2009 Device: none	Once you setup fusesmb all your shares will appear in the normal filesystem, so you can open files on there with any installed problem as if they were local files. It's well worth giving a go if you use windows shares for things.

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