Re: Mounting a samba share on boot?
From: Polytropon free...@edvax.de To: Bill Tillman btillma...@yahoo.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2012 12:40 AM Subject: Re: Mounting a samba share on boot? On Tue, 11 Dec 2012 14:08:38 -0800 (PST), Bill Tillman wrote: Typically, Samba is used so that Windows or other SMB type OS'es can access the server. That said, I would simplify all this with the way I have mine setup. You will of course need the shares configured in your smb.conf, then simply put a command in your /etc/rc.local or /etc/rc.d/ to launch smdb and nmbd. I don't rely on anything in /etc/fstab to use samba. It's all in my smb.conf file. Yes, that would be the other way round, which I thought would be less probable due to the question presented in the subject. Terms like mount [...] on boot suggests that FreeBSD would act as a SMB client here. Of course, the standard way to do things like this would usually be something like NFS, which is not very well supported in Windows land (and therefor requiring SMB stuff). Delegating the configuration into _one_ file (instead of spreading it across /etc/fstab, /etc/nsmb.conf and maybe some handcrafted /usr/local/etc/rc.d script) sounds like a much better approach. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org I've heard from more than one person that Samba is no good. Including the IT guru here where I work. All I know is that I've been running it for years and without a single incident. I quietly and reliably allows my Windows workstations to access my FreeBSD server's like they were very expensive Windows file servers. Never messed with the printing side of it and don't need to . File sharing alone has been worth the investment in time to learn Samba. As for NFS, I have found, on my network at least that using the TCP and -i options to keep it from timing out has worked fine. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Mounting a samba share on boot?
On Wed, 12 Dec 2012 04:27:31 -0800 (PST) Bill Tillman articulated: On Tue, 11 Dec 2012 14:08:38 -0800 (PST), Bill Tillman wrote: Typically, Samba is used so that Windows or other SMB type OS'es can access the server. That said, I would simplify all this with the way I have mine setup. You will of course need the shares configured in your smb.conf, then simply put a command in your /etc/rc.local or /etc/rc.d/ to launch smdb and nmbd. I don't rely on anything in /etc/fstab to use samba. It's all in my smb.conf file. Yes, that would be the other way round, which I thought would be less probable due to the question presented in the subject. Terms like mount [...] on boot suggests that FreeBSD would act as a SMB client here. Of course, the standard way to do things like this would usually be something like NFS, which is not very well supported in Windows land (and therefor requiring SMB stuff). Delegating the configuration into _one_ file (instead of spreading it across /etc/fstab, /etc/nsmb.conf and maybe some handcrafted /usr/local/etc/rc.d script) sounds like a much better approach. NFS is available on Windows 7, it's just not installed by default. In order to activate the Client for NFS, go into the Control Panel, and go to Programs and Features. In the left hand column, you'll see a link for Turn Windows features on or off. Select that, and it will open a list box that shows all of the optional components built in to Windows 7. Some are already activated. Expand the entry for Services for NFS. There are two check boxes under that. Check them and hit OK. Windows will install those components and ask to reboot your system. Once you have rebooted, Client for NFS will be installed. To use it, go to Administrative Tools-Services for NFS to configure it. Alternatively, you can use the command line program 'nfsadmin' to configure. For other versions of Windows, see: How to install Client for NFS on Windows: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/324055 I have seen several setups with this sort of integration that worked just fine. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Mounting a samba share on boot?
On 12/11/2012 10:25 AM, Hanafi Syahroini wrote: This can be done with appropriate entries in /etc/fstab. However, I'd recommend against doing so because, if the SMB server is unreachable when the FreeBSD system boots, the FreeBSD box will hang looking for the SMB connection. A better way is to put a custom script in /usr/local/etc/rc.d/ that initiates the SMB mounts there. This too could fail, but it doesn't prevent the OS From booting fully. -- --- Tim Daneliuk ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Mounting a samba share on boot?
On Tue, 11 Dec 2012 23:25:56 +0700, Hanafi Syahroini wrote: [nothing] First of all, it's not uncommon to place the question into the message body (which you did not), and using a descriptive subject (which you did). :-) So I assume your question is _how_ to mount a SMB share at boot. This can be easily done by adding the required line to the /etc/fstab file. Because network connection is required to perform the mount, you could use the late option in addition to other options you might need. See man mount for detais, as well as /etc/rc.d/mountlate. The line would be like this: //USERNAME@SERVERNAME/share /smb/share smbfs rw,late 0 0 In this example, SERVERNAME is the server to access, and share the name of the share; /smb/share will be the directory it will be mounted at. Access to multiple drive letters would look like this: //Administrator@WINPC/a$ /smb/a smbfs rw,late 0 0 //Administrator@WINPC/c$ /smb/c smbfs rw,late 0 0 //Administrator@WINPC/d$ /smb/d smbfs rw,late 0 0 //Administrator@WINPC/e$ /smb/e smbfs rw,late 0 0 //Administrator@WINPC/f$ /smb/f smbfs rw,late 0 0 Here WINPC is the name of the server. Using Administrator in this case is not safe, but no problem in settings where people don't care for security anyway. :-) Also see man smbfs and man fstab for details. It might be required to put additional information in /etc/nsmb.conf, for example: [default] workgroup=YOUR_WORKGROUP_NAME [SERVERNAME] addr=192.168.2.2 [SERVERNAME:USERNAME] password=TOPSECRET Substitute SERVERNAME, USERNAME and TOPSECRET for the organisational information and access credentials that apply. See man nsmb.conf for details. Further instructions can easily be found in the online docs: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/faq/book.html#mount-smb-share http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-samba.html Note that if you still encounter network problems, it's better to write a short rc.d style script that performs the mount_smb commands, and use the proper keywords to have it run when the network connection is up and running. See man rc.d for details. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Mounting a samba share on boot?
From: Polytropon free...@edvax.de To: Hanafi Syahroini han...@zigma-jp.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2012 11:57 AM Subject: Re: Mounting a samba share on boot? On Tue, 11 Dec 2012 23:25:56 +0700, Hanafi Syahroini wrote: [nothing] First of all, it's not uncommon to place the question into the message body (which you did not), and using a descriptive subject (which you did). :-) So I assume your question is _how_ to mount a SMB share at boot. This can be easily done by adding the required line to the /etc/fstab file. Because network connection is required to perform the mount, you could use the late option in addition to other options you might need. See man mount for detais, as well as /etc/rc.d/mountlate. The line would be like this: //USERNAME@SERVERNAME/share /smb/share smbfs rw,late 0 0 In this example, SERVERNAME is the server to access, and share the name of the share; /smb/share will be the directory it will be mounted at. Access to multiple drive letters would look like this: //Administrator@WINPC/a$ /smb/a smbfs rw,late 0 0 //Administrator@WINPC/c$ /smb/c smbfs rw,late 0 0 //Administrator@WINPC/d$ /smb/d smbfs rw,late 0 0 //Administrator@WINPC/e$ /smb/e smbfs rw,late 0 0 //Administrator@WINPC/f$ /smb/f smbfs rw,late 0 0 Here WINPC is the name of the server. Using Administrator in this case is not safe, but no problem in settings where people don't care for security anyway. :-) Also see man smbfs and man fstab for details. It might be required to put additional information in /etc/nsmb.conf, for example: [default] workgroup=YOUR_WORKGROUP_NAME [SERVERNAME] addr=192.168.2.2 [SERVERNAME:USERNAME] password=TOPSECRET Substitute SERVERNAME, USERNAME and TOPSECRET for the organisational information and access credentials that apply. See man nsmb.conf for details. Further instructions can easily be found in the online docs: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/faq/book.html#mount-smb-share http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-samba.html Note that if you still encounter network problems, it's better to write a short rc.d style script that performs the mount_smb commands, and use the proper keywords to have it run when the network connection is up and running. See man rc.d for details. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org That's a great answer but let me insert that most people, not all but most, do not use Samba to access a server from other FreeBSD servers. So I feel the two replies thus far are overkill. Typically, Samba is used so that Windows or other SMB type OS'es can access the server. That said, I would simplify all this with the way I have mine setup. You will of course need the shares configured in your smb.conf, then simply put a command in your /etc/rc.local or /etc/rc.d/ to launch smdb and nmbd. I don't rely on anything in /etc/fstab to use samba. It's all in my smb.conf file. However, Polytropon has presented a great answer here. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Mounting a samba share on boot?
On Tue, 11 Dec 2012 14:08:38 -0800 (PST), Bill Tillman wrote: Typically, Samba is used so that Windows or other SMB type OS'es can access the server. That said, I would simplify all this with the way I have mine setup. You will of course need the shares configured in your smb.conf, then simply put a command in your /etc/rc.local or /etc/rc.d/ to launch smdb and nmbd. I don't rely on anything in /etc/fstab to use samba. It's all in my smb.conf file. Yes, that would be the other way round, which I thought would be less probable due to the question presented in the subject. Terms like mount [...] on boot suggests that FreeBSD would act as a SMB client here. Of course, the standard way to do things like this would usually be something like NFS, which is not very well supported in Windows land (and therefor requiring SMB stuff). Delegating the configuration into _one_ file (instead of spreading it across /etc/fstab, /etc/nsmb.conf and maybe some handcrafted /usr/local/etc/rc.d script) sounds like a much better approach. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Mounting a samba share on boot?
On Sun, 11 Mar 2012 20:20:15 +0400, Льоша Лоїк wrote:
{ nothing }
Even though you wrote nothing, I assume that the subject
Mounting a samba share on boot? contains your question.
Answer:
You can put the required line in /etc/fstab, and provide
access details (workgroup, user, password and such stuff)
in /etc/nsmb.conf.
See the manpages for fstab, nsmb.conf and mount_smbfs for
details.
If you encounter problems with networking _not_ being up
when the mount is performed, see the late option described
in man mount. This option is often used for network-mounted
file systems.
--
Polytropon
Magdeburg, Germany
Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0
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Re: [lorenl@alzatex.com: Re: Mounting a samba share on boot?]
On Mon, Jan 31, 2005 at 05:47:53AM -0800, Loren M. Lang typed: On Mon, Jan 31, 2005 at 12:38:53PM +, Mark Ovens wrote: Loren M. Lang wrote: replacing MYWORKGROUP, SERVER, USER, secret as neccessary. Make sure nsmb.conf is only readable by root. Add the following line to fstab: //[EMAIL PROTECTED]/share /mnt/share smbfs rw 0 0 PMJI, but do you know if it's possible to handle a share name containing a space when mounting smb filesystems using fstab? I tried //[EMAIL PROTECTED]/Drive C '//[EMAIL PROTECTED]/Drive C' //[EMAIL PROTECTED]/Drive\ C None of these worked. I know that using spaces in filenames is a Bad Idea, but this is Windows we're talking about here ;-) A random guess might be to try: //[EMAIL PROTECTED]/Driver%20C %20 refers to the ascii character with hex value 20 which is space. It's what webservers use for getting around spaces, samba might too.` I'd be really curious to see if this works. The following seems to work for me: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/root mount_smbfs //odo/Temp Dir /mnt Password: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/root mount | grep smbfs //[EMAIL PROTECTED]/TEMP DIR on /mnt (smbfs) [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/root Ruben ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lorenl@alzatex.com: Re: Mounting a samba share on boot?]
Ruben de Groot wrote: On Mon, Jan 31, 2005 at 05:47:53AM -0800, Loren M. Lang typed: On Mon, Jan 31, 2005 at 12:38:53PM +, Mark Ovens wrote: Loren M. Lang wrote: replacing MYWORKGROUP, SERVER, USER, secret as neccessary. Make sure nsmb.conf is only readable by root. Add the following line to fstab: //[EMAIL PROTECTED]/share /mnt/share smbfs rw 0 0 PMJI, but do you know if it's possible to handle a share name containing a space when mounting smb filesystems using fstab? I tried //[EMAIL PROTECTED]/Drive C '//[EMAIL PROTECTED]/Drive C' //[EMAIL PROTECTED]/Drive\ C None of these worked. I know that using spaces in filenames is a Bad Idea, but this is Windows we're talking about here ;-) A random guess might be to try: //[EMAIL PROTECTED]/Driver%20C %20 refers to the ascii character with hex value 20 which is space. It's what webservers use for getting around spaces, samba might too.` I'd be really curious to see if this works. The following seems to work for me: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/root mount_smbfs //odo/Temp Dir /mnt Password: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/root mount | grep smbfs //[EMAIL PROTECTED]/TEMP DIR on /mnt (smbfs) [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/root Yes, that WFM too. The problem is if you try to add that as an entry in /etc/fstab as it cannot handle the space. I had a quick look in fstab.c and there appears to be no handling of escaped characters, which is understandable I suppose since the first field would normally be something /dev/da0s1a Mark --- avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 0505-0, 31/01/2005 Tested on: 02/02/2005 01:30:28 avast! - copyright (c) 2000-2004 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sorry, forgot to hit group reply. - Forwarded message from Loren M. Lang [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 02:32:14 -0800 From: Loren M. Lang [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mac Mason [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Mounting a samba share on boot? On Mon, Jan 31, 2005 at 12:42:29AM -0800, Mac Mason wrote: Can anybody point me at some documenation for mounting a samba share at boot time? I'm used to the linux-style trick of adding it to fstab and pointing it at a credentials file, but am pretty sure that won't work in FreeBSD. Actually, it does, but it's a little different. I use smbfs mounted automatically by fstab on fbsd all the time. Setup the file /etc/nsmb.conf as follows: # First, define a workgroup. [default] workgroup=MYWORKGROUP [SERVER:USER] password=secret replacing MYWORKGROUP, SERVER, USER, secret as neccessary. Make sure nsmb.conf is only readable by root. Add the following line to fstab: //[EMAIL PROTECTED]/share /mnt/share smbfs rw 0 0 replacing user, server, share, and the local mount point as neccessary. The permissions for files in the mounted fs will be owned by the user and group of /mnt/share and files will have the same permissions as /mnt/share, but directories will allow have execute permission everywhere that they have read permission so I set /mnt/share with permissions 644 even though it's a directory and set the owner and group to my usual user. Before mount: $ ls -ld /mnt/share drw-r--r-- 1 user users 16384 Dec 31 1969 /mnt/share After mount: b$ ls -l /mnt/proj -rw-r--r-- 1 user users1120810 May 14 2004 some-file drwxr-xr-x 1 user users 16384 Oct 24 23:35 a-directory I'm running 5.3-RELEASE. Thanks! --Mac -- Julian Mac Mason[EMAIL PROTECTED] Computer Science '06 (909)-607-3129 Harvey Mudd College -- I sense much NT in you. NT leads to Bluescreen. Bluescreen leads to downtime. Downtime leads to suffering. NT is the path to the darkside. Powerful Unix is. Public Key: ftp://ftp.tallye.com/pub/lorenl_pubkey.asc Fingerprint: B3B9 D669 69C9 09EC 1BCD 835A FAF3 7A46 E4A3 280C - End forwarded message - -- I sense much NT in you. NT leads to Bluescreen. Bluescreen leads to downtime. Downtime leads to suffering. NT is the path to the darkside. Powerful Unix is. Public Key: ftp://ftp.tallye.com/pub/lorenl_pubkey.asc Fingerprint: B3B9 D669 69C9 09EC 1BCD 835A FAF3 7A46 E4A3 280C ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lorenl@alzatex.com: Re: Mounting a samba share on boot?]
Loren M. Lang wrote: replacing MYWORKGROUP, SERVER, USER, secret as neccessary. Make sure nsmb.conf is only readable by root. Add the following line to fstab: //[EMAIL PROTECTED]/share /mnt/share smbfs rw 0 0 PMJI, but do you know if it's possible to handle a share name containing a space when mounting smb filesystems using fstab? I tried //[EMAIL PROTECTED]/Drive C '//[EMAIL PROTECTED]/Drive C' //[EMAIL PROTECTED]/Drive\ C None of these worked. I know that using spaces in filenames is a Bad Idea, but this is Windows we're talking about here ;-) If it is not possible then perhaps a PR is needed to get this addressed? In my case I renamed the share on the Windows box (which broke a few shortcuts) but this may not always be possible - in a corporate environment for example. Regards, Mark --- avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 0504-4, 28/01/2005 Tested on: 31/01/2005 12:38:54 avast! - copyright (c) 2000-2004 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Mounting a samba share on boot?
On Mon, Jan 31, 2005 at 12:42:29AM -0800, Mac Mason typed: Can anybody point me at some documenation for mounting a samba share at boot time? I'm used to the linux-style trick of adding it to fstab and pointing it at a credentials file, but am pretty sure that won't work in FreeBSD. See nsmb.conf(5) Ruben ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lorenl@alzatex.com: Re: Mounting a samba share on boot?]
On Mon, Jan 31, 2005 at 12:38:53PM +, Mark Ovens wrote: Loren M. Lang wrote: replacing MYWORKGROUP, SERVER, USER, secret as neccessary. Make sure nsmb.conf is only readable by root. Add the following line to fstab: //[EMAIL PROTECTED]/share /mnt/share smbfs rw 00 PMJI, but do you know if it's possible to handle a share name containing a space when mounting smb filesystems using fstab? I tried //[EMAIL PROTECTED]/Drive C '//[EMAIL PROTECTED]/Drive C' //[EMAIL PROTECTED]/Drive\ C None of these worked. I know that using spaces in filenames is a Bad Idea, but this is Windows we're talking about here ;-) A random guess might be to try: //[EMAIL PROTECTED]/Driver%20C %20 refers to the ascii character with hex value 20 which is space. It's what webservers use for getting around spaces, samba might too.` I'd be really curious to see if this works. If it is not possible then perhaps a PR is needed to get this addressed? In my case I renamed the share on the Windows box (which broke a few shortcuts) but this may not always be possible - in a corporate environment for example. Regards, Mark --- avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 0504-4, 28/01/2005 Tested on: 31/01/2005 12:38:54 avast! - copyright (c) 2000-2004 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.com -- I sense much NT in you. NT leads to Bluescreen. Bluescreen leads to downtime. Downtime leads to suffering. NT is the path to the darkside. Powerful Unix is. Public Key: ftp://ftp.tallye.com/pub/lorenl_pubkey.asc Fingerprint: B3B9 D669 69C9 09EC 1BCD 835A FAF3 7A46 E4A3 280C ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lorenl@alzatex.com: Re: Mounting a samba share on boot?]
Loren M. Lang wrote: On Mon, Jan 31, 2005 at 12:38:53PM +, Mark Ovens wrote: Loren M. Lang wrote: replacing MYWORKGROUP, SERVER, USER, secret as neccessary. Make sure nsmb.conf is only readable by root. Add the following line to fstab: //[EMAIL PROTECTED]/share /mnt/share smbfs rw 0 0 PMJI, but do you know if it's possible to handle a share name containing a space when mounting smb filesystems using fstab? I tried //[EMAIL PROTECTED]/Drive C '//[EMAIL PROTECTED]/Drive C' //[EMAIL PROTECTED]/Drive\ C None of these worked. I know that using spaces in filenames is a Bad Idea, but this is Windows we're talking about here ;-) A random guess might be to try: //[EMAIL PROTECTED]/Driver%20C %20 refers to the ascii character with hex value 20 which is space. It's what webservers use for getting around spaces, samba might too.` I'd be really curious to see if this works. Nope: //[EMAIL PROTECTED]/Drive%20C/smb2smbfs rw,noauto 0 0 postbag# mount /smb2 Password: smbfs: unable to open connection: syserr = No such file or directory Using \x20 produced the same result. The other three that I mentioned all produce: postbag# mount /smb2 fstab: /etc/fstab:17: Inappropriate file type or format fstab: /etc/fstab:17: Inappropriate file type or format mount: /smb2: unknown special file or file system Which suggests that it's interpreting the space as a delimiter and ignoring the escapes. Mark --- avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 0505-0, 31/01/2005 Tested on: 31/01/2005 15:41:20 avast! - copyright (c) 2000-2004 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
