Have also just worked out that the device I call //mini is NTFS as far
as I can ascertain from windows / Properties tab. IN case of doubt how
do I find out?
I suspect that this will make a difference?
I tried
sudo mount smb //mini/data/DadsLinux/ /mnt/backup/ -t ntfs -o
nls=utf8,umask=0222
and
sudo mount //mini/data/DadsLinux/ /mnt/backup/ -t ntfs -o
nls=utf8,umask=0222
Neither of which worked!
Help!
Thanks
Ed
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Stuart
I carried out your code snippet, prefacing it with sudo, and I got this
error message:
mount: unknown filesystem type 'smb'
I looked at this page:
http://doc.gwos.org/index.php/HowToMountsmbfsSharesPermanently
and tried
sudo mount -t smbfs //mini/data/DadsLinux /mnt/backup -ousername=xxx%xxx
and got:
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on
//mini/data/DadsLinux,
missing codepage or other error
It also suggested I looked at dmesg | tail which told me:
smbfs: mount_data version 1919251317 is not supported
I have created a folder called backup in /mnt but I note that the
permissions say that it is entirely owned by root. I have had a go with
CHOWN:
Do not laugh but I tried:
sudo chown -R edward backup *
Konqueror told me that the User is now edward and the group is root.
Is this OK? Or is there a better way to go, and if so what / how?
Any ideas please and thank for continuing to help?
Ed
Stuart Clark wrote:
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Edward Kerr wrote:
Does your mount command translate to:
mount -t smb //mini/data/DadsLinux /mnt/backup -ousername=user%pass
where user is my username and pass is my password?
i.e. -ousername=myowusername%myownpassword
Indeed :-)
If you leave off the %pass bit it will prompt you (which is more secure
in a multi-user situation - a "ps" at the right moment will show your
password).
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Stuart Clark
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http://www.Jahingo.com/
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