[SOLVED] Bash Scripting Question

[gmxgeek]

I have been working with a few bash scripts lately, one using gvfs-mount to mount remote drives. Anyway..

My issue is that i can call 'gvfs-mount ServerName ShareName', and as long as it is a public share, or the password is in my keyring, i can mount it without any further confirmation.

But if it is a secured drive, then it asks for username, domain, and password. Is there a way that i can pass these to my script and have it into them at the appropriate time?




#!/bin/bash
Server = $1
Share = $2
SMB="smb://$Server/$Share/"
DIR="$HOME/.gvfs/$Share on $Server"
/usr/bin/gvfs-mount "$SMB"
sleep 5
/usr/bin/nautilus "$DIR"

[tamoneya]

im not familiar with gvfs-mount but I have the same issue with smbmount for samba drives. What you can do is pass the -o parameter for "options". Then do something like this:
-o username=my_username,password=mypassword

Type man gvfs-mount and it should describe these options more in depth.

[gmxgeek]

Hmm doesn't look like it supports that option


$ gvfs-mount --help
Usage:
gvfs-mount [OPTION...] - mount <location>

Help Options:
-?, --help Show help options

Application Options:
-m, --mountable Mount as mountable
-u, --unmount Unmount
-s, --unmount-scheme Unmount all mounts with the given scheme
-l, --list List
-i, --list-info List extra information

[monkeyking]

I've never used the tool, but I think you can use expect for stuff like this.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expect

It can automate commandline request.

good luck

[gmxgeek]

Thank you very much. It seems this is exactly what i needed. Although, it hangs on each command for a bit. It will prompt for username, hang for about 3 seconds, then input it and continue, hang on the password, etc. Is there a way to fix this?

[unutbu]

Can you post your expect script with any private parts excised?

[slavik]

you can change the timeout

[gmxgeek]

you can change the timeout

How might i change that



spawn gvfs-mount [lindex $argv 0]
expect "username:"
send "[lindex $argv 1]\r"
expect "domain:"
send "\r"
expect "password:"
send "[lindex $argv 2]\r"
expect eof



EDIT: I fixed the timeout, and it works great now. Thanks everyone!