Mount samba shares with utf8 encoding using cifs

[dmizer]

Yes, but what about the credentials? DO I just omit that line or is there something that must be used instead?

03-31-08
1353 EST

the line for mounting shares without password protection is given in the howto.

[fruchtschwert]

Hey guys,

the last few days I was struggling with the same problem, you seem to have. Samba access to my landisk wasn't working at all since the upgrade to hardy. With gutsy everything worked fine. Seem to be issues related to the 3.x version of samba and cifs replacing smbfs.

So here is my solution:

To get the authentification work at all (mounting share through Nautilus) I had to add this line to my /etc/samba/smb.conf:

client lanman auth = Yes

My Landisk can only use the insecure lanman authentification, which is disabled by default in samba 3.x (same problem with vista by the way, http://www.builderau.com.au/blogs/co...tm?p=339270746). I don't know if this applies to your problem.

Then mounting with Nautilus worked. But when trying cifs, I got the "not a directory"-error. Solution is simple and nowhere to be found and not very breathtaking. You have to add the option

nounix

to the mount - command. Which leads (in my case) to these lines:

sudo mount -t cifs //192.168.1.42/PUBLIC /media/marvin -o nounix,credentials=/home/fruchtschwert/.smbcredentials,uid=1000,gid=1000

and for the fstab:

//192.168.1.42/PUBLIC /media/marvin cifs user,nounix,credentials=/home/fruchtschwert/.smbcredentials,uid=1000,gid=1000 0 0

Hope this can set an end to your neverending thread

Cheers

[dmizer]

<snip>
nounix

to the mount - command. Which leads (in my case) to these lines:

sudo mount -t cifs //192.168.1.42/PUBLIC /media/marvin -o nounix,credentials=/home/fruchtschwert/.smbcredentials,uid=1000,gid=1000

and for the fstab:

//192.168.1.42/PUBLIC   /media/marvin   cifs   user,nounix,credentials=/home/fruchtschwert/.smbcredentials,uid=1000,gid=1000   0   0

Hope this can set an end to your neverending thread

Cheers

lol ... i don't have that kind of luck.

where did you get that option from? it's not a legal cifs or smbfs mount option, which means this may not be a lasting solution.

[fruchtschwert]

hm .. i'm sorry ! Samba can be frustrating ..

Found it while googling .. here

http://lists.samba.org/archive/linux...er/002469.html

and for the exact description I found this:

http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/p...git-cifs.patch

+ nounix Disable the CIFS Unix Extensions for this mount (tree
+ connection). This is rarely needed, but it may be useful
+ in order to turn off multiple settings all at once (ie
+ posix acls, posix locks, posix paths, symlink support
+ and retrieving uids/gids/mode from the server) or to
+ work around a bug in server which implement the Unix
+ Extensions.

[IwarV]

see the last link in my sig for the howto on mounting nfs shares

as to mounting different shares for different users ... i've yet to get around to that.

Apos for the long wait. Was meant to post much earlier, but had a lot on.

Essentially, using your guide this was a no-brainer. Got (most of-) all the stuff moved over to the NAS now.

That said, it did crap out on me twice while moving over 3668 or so music files, so even NFS is not completely reliable. But when it did crap out, it did not take the OS down with it.

Many many thanks, dmizer.

[Bluecube]

I'm having a hell of a time here trying to get my shares to automount. I've followed the instructions on this thread and a load of others with no joy so I'm totally stumped as to what my problem is. Here's the entries from my fstab file -

//Cube/Craig /media/Craig cifs auto,iocharset=utf8,uid=craig,gid=users,credential s=/root/.cifscredentials,file_mode=0775,dir_mode=0775 0 0

//Cube/Music /media/Music cifs guest,rw,iocharset=utf8,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=07 77,auto 0 0
//Cube/Video /media/Video cifs guest,rw,iocharset=utf8,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=07 77,auto 0 0
//Cube/Pictures /media/Pictures cifs guest,rw,iocharset=utf8,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=07 77,auto 0 0
//Cube/General /media/GeneralFiles cifs guest,rw,iocharset=utf8,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=07 77,auto 0 0

As can be seen from above I'm trying to connect to a NAS called Cube. The first share is password protected while the other three are open to all. None will automount even when I use the IP address in place of the NAS name.

The shares are accessible through the Nautilus network browser and Connect to Server function. Indeed I can add them as Bookmarks. So why can't I automount them?!? This is very frustrating so any help will be gratefully received. TIA.

[love2learn]

okay, went through the walkthrough and got this:

lucana@laptop:~$ sudo mount -a
mount error 111 = Connection refused
Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g.man mount.cifs)


lucana@laptop:~$ smbtree
Password:
WORKGROUP
\\LAPTOP Samba 3.0.26a
\\LAPTOP\IPC$ IPC Service (Samba 3.0.26a)
lucana@laptop:~$


# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
# /dev/sda1
UUID=eafe81a0-359c-4f9e-8289-a2bdc8d1b196 / ext3 defaults,erro$
# /dev/sda5
UUID=ff38c1b7-89b0-4066-84d4-687e910a1o8e7 none swap sw $
/dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec 0 0
//192.168.1.100/d/movie1 /media/music1 cifs guest,rw,iocharset=utf$


I should offer a bit more info. I have a ubuntu 7.10 gutsy laptop that is the client ( wireless connection ) I have XP (wired to same wireless router as ubuntu) used as a file server with 1.5 TBs of information across 4 drives.
C:\
D:\Movies1
E:\Music
F:\Movies2

my server netbios name = Media
Workgroup = CHOPPERS


I am lost please help

[dmizer]

As can be seen from above I'm trying to connect to a NAS called Cube.

what NAS device do you have? make and exact model number please.

[dmizer]

okay, went through the walkthrough and got this:

//192.168.1.100/d/movie1    /media/music1        cifs    guest <snip>

possible problem one:
are you positive that your share name is "d"?

definite problem two:
you cannot mount a directory within a share.
so this is a valid mount command providing "d" is indeed the share name of your shared folder:

//192.168.1.100/d   /media/music1        cifs     guest,rw,iocharset=utf8,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777 0 0

here's how to determine your share name in windows:

To find the share name in Windows xp:

• Right click on the shared folder and select "properties", and click on the tab that says "sharing".
  
  The share name is listed under "network sharing and security" next to "share name".

since you did not setup netbios name resolution with winbind and nsswitch, you cannot see the netbios name and sharename from your ubuntu computer with the "smbtree" command. so you can try to include netbios name resolution by following the directions under "pre-work".

also ... don't forget to check your firewall on winXP to make sure that local filesharing is allowed through.

[Bluecube]

what NAS device do you have? make and exact model number please.

It's a Thecus n2100.