Samba sharing ALMOST working

[CentaurHauler]

I've been sharing files using smb4k for several years now. It works fine, but since I'm home sick with a cold I thought I'd try to get file sharing working using the network area of Doplhin. I set my file server up as a WINS server and pointed the other Linux machines to it. I modified the nsswitch.conf file to add WINS. Now I can see all the shares without using smb4k. I can copy, paste and rename files. BUT...if I try to open an OpenOffice or PDF file it will not open (haven't tried any others). So it seems like I've got access except through applications.

I've tried both user and share security settings, and both Kubuntu 8.04 and LinuxMint5 machines with KDE3.5 work the same. Any ideas?

Oh - and I can open the files on Windows machines.

[muzicman0]

Re: Samba sharing ALMOST working

not sure about PDF's, but I know for a fact that open office files won't mount off of a shared drive...

mm0

[CentaurHauler]

Re: Samba sharing ALMOST working

Maybe that's it and I just got "lucky" trying a OO doc as my test. JPG and MP3 seem to work OK. I can open the same OO docs using smb4k though.

[muzicman0]

Re: Samba sharing ALMOST working

when you use samba4k, are you mounting the drive to a local folder? that is the only way I have gotten it to work in the past...but using dolphin doesn't work...

mm0

[CentaurHauler]

Re: Samba sharing ALMOST working

Yes, I use the smb4k GUI to mount the drive, which then shows up off the /home/xxx/smb4k folder. It's worked fine, just a little clunky having to remount the drives after each boot (the restore option does not seem to work). I can at least use dolphin to browse to files now, and some I can open that way.

[muzicman0]

Re: Samba sharing ALMOST working

This is an old thread, but it is what I used to use to automount samba shares...the principles should still work just fine...click here.

mm0

[CentaurHauler]

Re: Samba sharing ALMOST working

Thanks - maybe that's the best solution. I only really need to mount one drive for my file server on a routine basis.

[CentaurHauler]

Re: Samba sharing ALMOST working

Bombed out on: "sudo chmod a+x ~/.kde/Autostart/mountNAS.sh"

The response was: "chmod: cannot access `/root/.kde/Autostart/mountNAS.sh': No such file or directory"

Should the command have been "sudo chmod a+x /home/<username>/.kde/Autostart/mountNAS.sh" ?

[Snowhog]

Re: Samba sharing ALMOST working

Should the command have been "sudo chmod a+x /home/<username>/.kde/Autostart/mountNAS.sh" ?

NO!! The mountNAS.sh file is in your user .kde directory. Just issue the chmod as your self - no sudo.

[CentaurHauler]

Re: Samba sharing ALMOST working

Well, that didn't work. I copied the command sequence as written in the referenced link, but either I flubbed the strings or something else is wrong. It will not accept that string without sudo, but I did not get a share anyway.

Late, going to bed.....

[russlar]

Re: Samba sharing ALMOST working

it's probably one of those files with root-write only perms... try this (as your user):

cd ~ ; sudo chmod a+x ./.kde/Autostart/mountNAS.sh

[CentaurHauler]

Re: Samba sharing ALMOST working

Well, it accepted that command, but the folder I created is empty. Clearly the network drive was not mounted.

[rb0171610]

Re: Samba sharing ALMOST working

Why not just mount the share by editing /etc/fstab? You only need one line to get it to work correctly and it will boot on startup everytime.

//$servername/$sharename /mnt/samba smbfs username=username,password=password 0 0
or something similar?

you might need to use cifs as the file system type rather than smbfs depending on your samba version.

Also when you say you cannot get access through applications, do you mean you cannot use the file>open command from within the application and browse to the shared folder?