Verlager
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« on: June 22, 2007, 11:13:31 pm » |
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In Zenwalk Linux, a close cousin of Vector Linux, there was a utility called "fusesmbtool." It would automatically connect the other computers on the LAN in the same workgroup to /home/{user}/smb. It was easy and fool proof.
What procedure must be followed in VL to allow me to access the other computers on my LAN? I have a feeling it's going to be complicated. That's OK! I'll do it, whatever it takes.
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« Last Edit: June 24, 2007, 02:22:01 pm by Verlager »
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nightflier
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« Reply #1 on: June 23, 2007, 04:03:58 am » |
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You have several options, depending on which version of VL that you are using.
I use KDE, and here is one quick and easy way:
Use Konqueror to browse to your network share (smb://address_of_remote_computer).
Click Bookmarks > Add bookmark
Now you can return there by using the bookmark, just like in your web browser.
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« Reply #2 on: June 23, 2007, 07:46:04 am » |
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In standard (probably SOHO also) you can use VASM > (SUPER) > SERVICE > SAMBAWEB to easily mount/umount samba shares.
HTH
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Verlager
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« Reply #3 on: June 23, 2007, 09:43:51 am » |
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That's good. I see. In Zenwalk, one click and I'm browsing the LAN shared files. But in Vector, there is considerably more to be done. OK! I have changed the post title to more accurately reflect the topic.
How do I browse the LAN and see the other computers?
Should I edit all remote shares into /etc/fstab, or maybe into /etc/samba/smb.conf ?
Where in /mnt will these individual remote shares show up?
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« Last Edit: June 23, 2007, 11:32:45 am by Verlager »
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« Reply #4 on: June 23, 2007, 11:02:59 am » |
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Please state which version of VL you use.
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Verlager
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« Reply #5 on: June 23, 2007, 11:35:13 am » |
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user:$ cat /etc/vector-version
Vector Linux 5.8 Standard 12-16-2006
Should I be using a different version? I don't need Open Office, Abiword and Gnumeric work just fine for me
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« Last Edit: June 23, 2007, 11:58:48 am by Verlager »
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Verlager
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« Reply #7 on: June 23, 2007, 01:40:00 pm » |
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rmack:$ fusesmb
fuse: missing mountpoint
vector:/~
rmack:$ ls .smb
fusesmb.cache fusesmb.conf fusesmbtool.conf
vector:/~
rmack:$ cat .smb/fusesmb.conf
### configuration file for fusesmb ###
### Written by Fusesmbtool ###
#global options
[global]
; List hidden shares
showhiddenshares=true
; General username
username=rmack
; General password
password=secret
; Connection timeout in seconds
timeout=10
;Interval for updating new shares in minutes
interval=10
#specific options
vector:/~
rmack:$ cat .smb/fusesmbtool.conf
### configuration file for Fusesmbtool ###
### Written by Fusesmbtool ###
#global options
[global]
; mountpoint for fusesmb
path=/home/rmack/smb
;set file permissions (octal)
umask=000
; allow access to other users
allow_other=yes
; cache timeout for deleted names (0.0s)
entry_timeout=10
#specific options
#Todo....
====================================================
What can I do about the error message? I created the home/rmack/smb directory
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« Last Edit: June 23, 2007, 02:13:17 pm by Verlager »
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« Reply #8 on: June 23, 2007, 04:04:02 pm » |
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Please post output of:
ls -la /home/rmack/smb
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Verlager
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« Reply #9 on: June 23, 2007, 04:48:57 pm » |
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It's done! It worked! Now how do I umount the comps attached to /home/rmack/smb ?
vector:/~
rmack:$ ls -la smb
total 2
drwxr-xr-x 3 rmack rmack 80 2007-06-23 20:11 ./
drwxr-xr-x 41 rmack rmack 2256 2007-06-23 20:37 ../
drwxr-xr-x 4 rmack rmack 112 2007-06-23 20:18 FERGUESON/
vector:/~
rmack:$
Bigpaws, I still have no idea whether it was pyNeighborhood or fusesmb which mounted the files in smb.
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Fear believes; courage doubts. Fear falls upon the earth and prays; courage stands erect and thinks. Fear retreats; courage advances. Fear is barbarism; courage is civilization. Fear believes in witchcraft, in devils and in ghosts. Fear is religion, courage is science. —Robert Ingersoll
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« Reply #10 on: June 23, 2007, 04:52:23 pm » |
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Now how do I umount the comps attached to /home/rmack/smb ? IIRC: umount /home/rmack/smb |
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Verlager
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« Reply #11 on: June 23, 2007, 05:59:39 pm » |
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OK, except that now /home/rmack/smb is empty.
vector:/~
rmack:$ fusesmb
fuse: missing mountpoint
vector:/~
rmack:$ su
Password:
You are working as root
vector://home/rmack
root:# fusesmb
fuse: missing mountpoint
vector://home/rmack
root:# mount
/dev/hda1 on / type reiserfs (rw,noatime)
/dev/hda3 on /home type reiserfs (rw,noatime)
tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)
vector://home/rmack
root:#
So why can't I mount anything with fusesmb on /home/rmack/smb ?
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Fear believes; courage doubts. Fear falls upon the earth and prays; courage stands erect and thinks. Fear retreats; courage advances. Fear is barbarism; courage is civilization. Fear believes in witchcraft, in devils and in ghosts. Fear is religion, courage is science. —Robert Ingersoll
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« Reply #12 on: June 23, 2007, 06:56:28 pm » |
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Verlager
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« Reply #13 on: June 24, 2007, 10:41:32 am » |
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Google is my friend, but pyNeighborhood is the best applet for LAN browsing, imho. I can't get fuse to work:
root:# fusesmb /home/rmack/smb
fusermount: fuse device not found, try 'modprobe fuse' first
vector://home/rmack
root:# modprobe fuse
vector://home/rmack
root:#
I guess pyNeighborhood is Ok for me. Thanks for your help! I'm enjoying Vector Linux a lot.
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Fear believes; courage doubts. Fear falls upon the earth and prays; courage stands erect and thinks. Fear retreats; courage advances. Fear is barbarism; courage is civilization. Fear believes in witchcraft, in devils and in ghosts. Fear is religion, courage is science. —Robert Ingersoll
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« Reply #14 on: June 25, 2007, 09:05:35 am » |
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Google is my friend, but pyNeighborhood is the best applet for LAN browsing, imho. I can't get fuse to work:
root:# fusesmb /home/rmack/smb
fusermount: fuse device not found, try 'modprobe fuse' first
vector://home/rmack
root:# modprobe fuse
vector://home/rmack
root:#
I guess pyNeighborhood is Ok for me. Thanks for your help! I'm enjoying Vector Linux a lot.
Just FYI, when you get no message on executing a command in a Linux terminal, it means that the command executed successfully. Had there been a problem, you would have seen a message saying that the module couldn't be found, etc. What would come next is to use fusesmb to mount the smb share after the fuse module was loaded. HTH, John |
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