Difference between revisions of "Network Shared Drive FAQ"

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By changing the read only parameter from yes to no and modify the step 4 mount to read/write will open the location for write access but I suggest to use it with really really great care. You don't really want someone to delete all your c: drive content by mistake, right? Don't say I did not warn you...

Q: How to automate Samba setup on Knoppix 5.1.1?

A: There maybe a lot of solutions but here I wrote a bash shell script to achieve the goal.

Chip Ling 23 Sept 2008

Objective

To avoid typing all the steps every time we reboot the knoppix machine. By creating a script on c:\ or /media/sda1, we only need to run the script once after each reboot.

Network set up

This FAQ is based on the setting of the previous FAQ question. So please revisit the previous FAQ to get a complete picture.

1. Boot up the Knoppix machine

Insert the Knoppix 5.1.1 Live CD and boot the system up on the first machine.

2. Mount the c: drive as read/write

Click on the konsole icon (the black TV screen at the bottom) and then enter the follow command.

 $ sudo mount -t ntfs /dev/sda1 /media/sda1 -o rw

Again if your PC is using IDE harddisk, then replace all the sda1 by hda1. If your hard disk is formatted as FAT32 instead of NTFS, replace "-t ntfs" by "-t vfat".

3. Create the autosmb.sh on /media/sda1

Use the editor of your choice to create the autosmb.sh on /media/sda1. (i.e. it is on the c:\, so if you create the file under windows, it SHOULD work as well. Let me know if it is not, I never try it myself from the windows side.)

 #!/bin/bash
 ####################################################
 ### autosmb.sh by Chip Ling
 ####################################################
 if [ ! -e /media/sda1/autosmb.sh ]; then
   sudo mount -t ntfs /dev/sda1 /media/sda1
 fi
 sudo mount -t ntfs /dev/sda2 /media/sda2
 
 sudo smbpasswd -x knoppix > /dev/null
 sudo smbpasswd -a -s knoppix <<EOF
 12345678
 12345678
 EOF
 
 sudo chmod 666 /etc/samba/smb.conf
 cat >> /etc/samba/smb.conf <<EOF
 
 [drivec]
 path=/media/sda1
 browseable = no
 read only = yes
 
 [mp3]
 path=/media/sda2/mp3
 browseable = yes
 read only = yes
 EOF
 
 sudo chmod 644 /etc/samba/smb.conf
 
 sudo /etc/init.d/samba restart
 
 ipaddr="\\\\$(ifconfig eth0 | head -2 | tail -1 | cut -f2 -d':' | cut -f1 -d' ')"
 msg1="\nPlease map to ${ipaddr}\\drivec"
 msg2="\nand           ${ipaddr}\\mp3"
 
 dialog --title "Samba restarted" --msgbox "${msg1}${msg2}" 7 60

Save the file.

The script basically replicates what we manually did on the previous FAQ. Please be careful about the spacing on the "if ... then" statement. Cut and paste is not a bad idea.

Then from the konsole, change the file attribute to executable

 $ sudo chmod 777 /media/sda1/autosmb.sh

And we are done.

Please note that I do not need to perform the above step on my machine. I check the file attribute and it is set to 777. I put the command here just in case.

Now, we can reboot the knoppix machine again and see how it works.

4. The real thing

First reboot the knoppix from the Live CD.

Then mount the c: drive to the file system.

For GUI user: single click the "Hard Disk [sda1]" icon on the desktop. The icon will then have a green tag appears at the lower right hand corner (means mounted) and Konqueror pops up.

For command line user: from the konsole, enter

 $ sudo mount -t ntfs /dev/sda1 /media/sda1

Now run the auto-samba setup script:

For GUI user: single click on the autosmb.sh file icon inside Konqueror.

For command line user: run the autosmb.sh script in konsole

 $ /media/sda1/autosmb.sh

The script should setup the samba configuration and then display the share drive mapping information from a dialog box.

 Please map to \\192.168.1.101\drivec
 and           \\192.168.1.101\mp3

Now the samba setting on the knoppix side is done, move forward to the windows box to map the share drives.

Q: How to setup Knoppix and read the share drive on Windows XP machine ?

A: Use the ordinary unix mount command will do the trick.

Objective

I have two Windows XP machines on my network, I want to boot knoppix live CD 5.1.1 on the first machine. Boot windows XP on the second machine. Setup a folder on the windows XP machine as shareable. Then access the shared folder from the Knoppix machine.

The following location on the Windows XP box will be made shareable: d:\video

The following steps were tested using Knoppix 5.1.1

The information here may not be 100% correct, but it works for me. However, if you find something is wrong. Please let me know. Thank you.

chip_ling@yahoo.ca

Chip Ling 12th Jan 2009

1. Boot up the first machine to Knoppix

Boot the first machine with Knoppix Live CD 5.1.1.

2. Boot the second machine to Windows XP

Boot the second machine to Windows XP and write down it's IP address. To obtain the machine's IP address. Open up the command prompt (DOS box) and enter the following command:

 C:\> ipconfig

I assume the IP address of the Windows XP machine is 192.168.1.102

3. Configure the Windows XP d:\video folder to be shareable

From Windows Explorer

==> On the left panel go to d:\video folder

==> right click on d:\video

==> select Sharing and Security...

==> under the Sharing Tab

--> select Share this folder

--> enter "video" on the Share name field

==> click Apply

==> click OK

4. Create a directory on the knoppix machine as the mount point for the shared folder

Enter the following commands from the console terminal of the knoppix machine:

 $ su
 # mkdir /media/winbox

5. Mount the shared folder

From the console terminal on the knoppix machine:

 # mount -t smbfs //192.168.1.10/video /media/winbox -o username=chip,password=1234567

6. Done

Now you can access the windows xp shared folder from /media/winbox

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Difference between revisions of "Network Shared Drive FAQ"

Latest revision as of 04:43, 18 January 2009

Contents

Q: How to setup NFS between knoppix machines via NFS ?

Q: How to setup Samba on Knoppix and share it's drive to other Windows XP machines ?

Q: How to automate Samba setup on Knoppix 5.1.1?

Q: How to setup Knoppix and read the share drive on Windows XP machine ?

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