Cifs

[andrewg]

not having too much luck with this, ive created a share called mvpmc (is it case sensitive?) "Everyone" appears to have full control, in the dongle.bin.config file I have just stuck one line in saying mkdir /Recordings

I rebooted the MVP by using the command reboot via telnet.

Reconnect and verify the dir is created, which it is not.


Any ideas? - seems im hitting a hurdle at every stage :confused:

[mvallevand]

not having too much luck with this, ive created a share called mvpmc (is it case sensitive?) "Everyone" appears to have full control, in the dongle.bin.config file I have just stuck one line in saying mkdir /Recordings

I rebooted the MVP by using the command reboot via telnet.

Reconnect and verify the dir is created, which it is not.


Any ideas? - seems im hitting a hurdle at every stage :confused:

It's not 16h yet but this is quick so I'm sure SWMBO won't mind. Have a look at this thread. http://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.php?t=26324

Everyone and guest accounts are not the same. Also before trying to load the config file I suggest just doing the mount.cifs via telnet. Finally (for now) instead of username and password I know am confident that -o guest will work.

Martin

[andrewg]

humm this is complicated, at least for my brain

Ive tried enabling the guest account, then I read that would not make a difference

So I enabled sharing without a password needed in Vista.

I issued via telnet "mount.cifs //192.168.1.100/mvpmc /test -o username=guest"

it prompts for a passwsord, which i hit enter and then i get mount error 20, not a directory.

[andrewg]

finnaly I sussed it

mount.cifs //192.168.1.100/mvpmc /test -o username=guest

mounted to /test the config stuff is visible

why oh why did i decide if i used vista at home it would give me a head start at work .. ahem !

[mvallevand]

humm this is complicated, at least for my brain

Setting up a share with XP works by default if you personally haven't changed it, but it's a little harder in Vista. When you right click the mvpmc folder make sure you add guest as shown in the attached image.

Ive tried enabling the guest account, then I read that would not make a difference

There are two, the guest windows account which is not necessary and the guest share access which is.

So I enabled sharing without a password needed in Vista.

I issued via telnet "mount.cifs //192.168.1.100/mvpmc /test -o username=guest"

it prompts for a passwsord, which i hit enter and then i get mount error 20, not a directory.

I do get the 20 if Guest isn't selected. To avoid the password change your command line to

mount.cifs //192.168.1.100/mvpmc /test -o guest

Martin

[mvallevand]

finnaly I sussed it

mount.cifs //192.168.1.100/mvpmc /test -o username=guest

mounted to /test the config stuff is visible

why oh why did i decide if i used vista at home it would give me a head start at work .. ahem !

Great now I'm really curious if you will be able to smbmount your NAS!

I think using Vista will give you a head start, it is a big change Microsoft haven't and an OS version change for a long time, and there's lots to learn. I can't even begin to guess when they will change at my work, it will be bigger then Win 9x to Win 2K for sure.


Martin

[andrewg]

is that image from the home version of Vista? im using business, i do not recall seeing anything quite like that.

Tried mounting the NAS again with


# mount.cifs //192.168.1.103/PUBLIC /new -o username=admin password=admin

but getting an error 20 , not a directory still, not sure what you wanted me to try ??

I often wonder if we end up on a Linux desktop, im going on a linux course in two weeks, Novell Suse, I think its a bit basic though, just GUI stuff, which to be honest ive not used. WHen I used linux previously it was all shell based.

[mvallevand]

is that image from the home version of Vista? im using business, i do not recall seeing anything quite like that.

Premium. That dialog comes up when you right click a folder -> Select Share... -> Change Sharing Permissions

Tried mounting the NAS again with
# mount.cifs //192.168.1.103/PUBLIC /new -o username=admin password=admin

That won't work, so if you don't want to modify the config file as I suggested earlier, which is the permanent solution enter this via telnet. Relace # with that portion of your MediaMVP IP address.

Code:

mkdir /usr/local
mkdir /usr/local/samba
mkdir /usr/local/samba/lib
echo "interfaces = 192.168.1.#/24" > /usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf
PATH=/etc/mvpmc:$PATH
ln -s /etc/mvpmc/libdl-0.9.28.so /lib/libdl.so.0

mkdir /new
smbmount //192.168.1.103/PUBLIC /new -o username=admin,password=admin

[andrewg]

Im gettiing the following, I will try again in the morning when I am a little more alert, itis nearing midnight here :o


# smbmount //192.168.1.103/PUBLIC /new -o username=admin,password=admin
load_client_codepage: filename /usr/local/samba/lib/codepages/codepage.850 does not exist.
load_unicode_map: filename /usr/local/samba/lib/codepages/unicode_map.850 does not exist.
load_unicode_map: filename /usr/local/samba/lib/codepages/unicode_map.ISO8859-1 does not exist.


edit: oh wait it did mount the drive

[mvallevand]

Im gettiing the following, I will try again in the morning when I am a little more alert, itis nearing midnight here :o


# smbmount //192.168.1.103/PUBLIC /new -o username=admin,password=admin
load_client_codepage: filename /usr/local/samba/lib/codepages/codepage.850 does not exist.
load_unicode_map: filename /usr/local/samba/lib/codepages/unicode_map.850 does not exist.
load_unicode_map: filename /usr/local/samba/lib/codepages/unicode_map.ISO8859-1 does not exist.

Those are warnings, I didn't worry about the code page setup in the kernel. It looks like it might have worked.

Martin