Mount samba shares with utf8 encoding using cifs

[dmizer]

rsync -r --delete /home/<username>/Documents/ /media/nas/Documents/

I'll have a look round the link you sent. Ta.

as far as i can see, this should work with no problems. it does work on my dapper install, but i haven't tested it on hardy yet.

Thanks for your reply! Firstly I am esctatic that the last Ubuntu update fixed something in the smb system such that I can see the network shares at last in Nautilus!!

OK I have done the credentials file and edited the fstab
When I call:
sudo mount -a
I get an error unless I call as root:
echo 0 > /proc/fs/cifs/LinuxExtensionsEnabled
from the terminal first.
Then when I call
sudo mount -a
the drive is mounted
Appreciate tips on how to automatically disable unix extensions on boot!

Cheers!

okay ... almost done.

now edit /etc/rc.local like so:

sudo nano /etc/rc.local

edit the file so it looks like this:

#!/bin/sh -e
#
# rc.local
#
# This script is executed at the end of each multiuser runlevel.
# Make sure that the script will "exit 0" on success or any other
# value on error.
#
# In order to enable or disable this script just change the execution
# bits.
#
# By default this script does nothing.

echo 0 > /proc/fs/cifs/LinuxExtensionsEnabled
mount -a
exit 0

reboot, and your share will be mounted automatically.

[Krydahl]

as far as i can see, this should work with no problems. it does work on my dapper install, but i haven't tested it on hardy yet.

Worked on Fiesty and Gutsy, used to work on Hardy - still does to an internal drive.

I'll start my own thread and see if anyone else can throw any light on the problem. Thanks for your input.

[waydownsouth]

Hi,

Sorry if this has been covered earlier in this thread... 59 pages takes a fair while to trawl through.

Anyway, I've followed the how to, and have struck a problem:

I have samba running on a Xubuntu Hardy box which I access via my laptop running Ubuntu Hardy and my desktop which is running Windows XP.

I can access my shares via XP with full read/write permissions... no problems there.

When connecting via the laptop, the shares mount and appear on the desktop. I initially had problems with the shares being owned by root but fixed that with chmod.

But now, anytime I copy a file from my laptop to the share I sometimes get errors saying I don't have permission and any file that does copy gets owned by root.

I did have the root account enabled through my own inexperience with Ubuntu, but have since disabled it (I think?).

any pointers or ideas?

[dmizer]

do you have the same username on both the laptop and your xubuntu server?

[waydownsouth]

Nope, should they be?

[dmizer]

they do not need to be the same. it can cause problems if they are, so that's why i asked.

how are you mounting the share from your laptop? please post the line you're using.

also, please post your /etc/samba/smb.conf from your xubuntu server.

[waydownsouth]

from fstab

3 shares:

//BOB/music    /media/music        cifs    credentials=/root/.smbcredentials,iocharset=utf8,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777 0 0
//BOB/public    /media/public        cifs    credentials=/root/.smbcredentials,iocharset=utf8,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777 0 0
//BOB/private    /media/private        cifs    credentials=/root/.smbcredentials,iocharset=utf8,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777 0 0

smb.conf as created by GSAMBAD

[global]
	server string = BOB 
	workgroup = therapy
	security = user
	hosts allow = 127. 192.168.1.
	interfaces = 127.0.0.1/8 192.168.1.1/24
	remote announce = 192.168.1.255
	remote browse sync = 192.168.1.255
	printcap name = /etc/printcap
	cups options = raw
	log file = /var/log/samba/samba.log
	max log size = 1000
	username level = 8
	password level = 8
	unix password sync = yes
	socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
	local master = no
	domain master = no
	preferred master = no
	os level = 33
	logon drive = m:
	logon home = \\%L\homes\%u
	logon path = \\%L\profiles\%u
	logon script = %G.bat
	name resolve order = wins lmhosts bcast
	wins server = 
	dns proxy = no
	client use spnego = no
	client signing = no
	client schannel = no
	server schannel = no
	allow trusted domains = no
	obey pam restrictions = yes
	enable spoolss = yes
	follow symlinks = no
	update encrypted = yes
	passwd chat timeout = 120
	username map = /etc/samba/smbusers
	passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd '%u'
	passwd chat = *New*password* %n\n *ReType*new*password* %n\n *passwd*changed*\n
	add user script = /usr/sbin/useradd -d /dev/null -c 'Samba User Account' -s /dev/null '%u'
	add user to group script = /usr/sbin/useradd -d /dev/null -c 'Samba User Account' -s /dev/null -g '%g' '%u'
	add group script = /usr/sbin/groupadd '%g'
	delete user script = /usr/sbin/userdel '%u'
	delete user from group script = /usr/sbin/userdel '%u' '%g'
	delete group script = /usr/sbin/groupdel '%g'
	add machine script = /usr/sbin/useradd -d /dev/null -g sambamachines -c 'Samba Machine Account' -s /dev/null -M '%u'
	machine password timeout = 120
	idmap uid = 16777216-33554431
	idmap gid = 16777216-33554431
	template shell = /dev/null
	winbind use default domain = yes
	winbind separator = @
	winbind cache time = 360
	winbind trusted domains only = yes
	winbind nested groups = no
	winbind nss info = no
;	encrypt passwords = yes
;	guest ok = no
;	guest account = nobody

[homes]
	comment = Home Directories
	path = /home
	read only = no
	share modes = no
	locking = no

[netlogon]
	comment = Network Logon Service
	path = /home/netlogon
	read only = no
	share modes = no
	locking = no

[profiles]
	comment = User Profiles
	path = /var/samba/profiles
	read only = no
	browseable = no
	locking = no
	create mode = 0600
	directory mask = 0700

[printers]
	comment = All Printers
	path = /var/spool/samba
	printable = yes
	share modes = no
	locking = no

[pdf-documents]
	path = /home/pdf-documents
	comment = Converted PDF Documents
	writeable = yes
	guest ok = yes

[pdf-printer]
	path = /tmp
	comment = PDF Printer Service
	printable = yes
	guest ok = yes
	use client driver = yes
	printing = bsd
	print command = /usr/bin/gsambadpdf %s %u
	lpq command = 
	lprm command = 

[bel]
	path = /home/bel
	comment = files
	valid users = Bel
	write list = Bel
	writeable = yes
;	available = yes
	share modes = no
	locking = no
;	browseable = yes

[music]
	path = /home/music
	comment = music
	valid users = wds
	write list = wds
	admin users = wds
	writeable = yes
;	available = yes
;	browseable = yes
;	printable = no
	share modes = no
	locking = no

[Private]
	path = /home/private
	comment = Private
	valid users = wds
	invalid users = Bel
	write list = wds
	admin users = wds
	writeable = yes
;	available = yes
;	browseable = yes
;	printable = no
	share modes = no
	locking = no

[public]
	path = /home/public
	comment = No comment
	valid users = Bel, wds
	write list = wds
	admin users = wds
	writeable = yes
;	available = yes
;	browseable = yes
;	printable = no
	share modes = no
	locking = no

[dmizer]

on the xubuntu server, please post the output of:

stat %a /home/music

[waydownsouth]

therapy@BOB:~$ stat %a /home/music
stat: cannot stat `%a': No such file or directory
  File: `/home/music'
  Size: 4096      	Blocks: 8          IO Block: 4096   directory
Device: 813h/2067d	Inode: 7905281     Links: 8
Access: (0770/drwxrwx---)  Uid: ( 1000/ therapy)   Gid: (    0/    root)
Access: 2008-07-08 09:47:22.000000000 +1200
Modify: 2008-07-08 09:49:48.000000000 +1200
Change: 2008-07-08 09:49:48.000000000 +1200

[dmizer]

regarding the credentials file on your laptop, does it contain the user and password of your xubuntu server, or the user/password of your laptop?