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Sgtfoo: /* Connecting to a Server by Mounting your HDA */

2013-08-06T18:38:53Z

Connecting to a Server by Mounting your HDA

Sgtfoo: /* Connecting to a Server by Mounting your HDA */

2013-08-06T18:38:16Z

Connecting to a Server by Mounting your HDA

Sgtfoo at 09:59, 1 May 2012

2012-05-01T09:59:31Z

Sgtfoo at 03:54, 29 May 2011

2011-05-29T03:54:56Z

Sgtfoo at 03:50, 30 April 2011

2011-04-30T03:50:00Z

Salocinbake: Updated mounting instruction, added how to fix bug with Ubuntu Karmic. Clean up, and uppercase correction

2010-01-07T19:51:13Z

Updated mounting instruction, added how to fix bug with Ubuntu Karmic. Clean up, and uppercase correction

Salocinbake: Updated mounting instruction, added how to fix bug with Ubuntu Karmic. Clean up, and uppercase correction

2010-01-07T19:48:55Z

Updated mounting instruction, added how to fix bug with Ubuntu Karmic. Clean up, and uppercase correction

Jimmy9pints1 at 15:18, 5 January 2009

2009-01-05T15:18:55Z

Salocinbake: /* Connecting to a Server by Mounting your HDA */ Formating, changed ftsab added line

2009-01-04T15:22:07Z

Connecting to a Server by Mounting your HDA: Formating, changed ftsab added line

Salocinbake: /* Connecting to a Server by Mounting your HDA */

2009-01-04T15:19:28Z

Connecting to a Server by Mounting your HDA

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-'''Permanent mount:'''
+==Permanent mount:==
 Tested under Ubuntu 9.10, All the credit for this belongs to dmizer. I simply adapted to the hda. [http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=288534 Original thread here]
 In this example we will mount the hda's shared music on our desktop. It will appear as a drive.

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−	= Connecting to a Server by Mounting your HDA =	+	== Connecting to a Server by Mounting your HDA ==

	I was having trouble in Ubuntu accessing my network drives. I used "Connect to server..." under "Places" and I was able to access the files fine until I needed to access them in Firefox or other programs to upload them.		I was having trouble in Ubuntu accessing my network drives. I used "Connect to server..." under "Places" and I was able to access the files fine until I needed to access them in Firefox or other programs to upload them.

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 Tested under Ubuntu 9.10, All the credit for this belongs to dmizer. I simply adapted to the hda. [http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=288534 Original thread here]
 In this example we will mount the hda's shared music on our desktop. It will appear as a drive.
-*update from sgtfoo: Works fine under Fedora 14/15 as well, minus the Ubuntu-specific commands below (such as 'aptitude'). You may need to install samba and cifs utilities in Fedora. (May 28, 2011)
+Also Works fine under Fedora 14/15/16 as well, minus the Ubuntu-specific commands below (such as 'aptitude'). You may need to install samba and cifs utilities in Fedora. (May 28, 2012)
 NOTE: you may need to install smbfs first with

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 It was explained to me that it's being mounted via Nautilus and that's not truely "mounted" in the linux sense.
-Here's the resolution.
+Here's the resolution. (for each boot into linux)
 NOTE: you may need to install smbfs first with
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 Tested under Ubuntu 9.10, All the credit for this belongs to dmizer. I simply adapted to the hda. [http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=288534 Original thread here]
 In this example we will mount the hda's shared music on our desktop. It will appear as a drive.
-*update from sgtfoo: Works fine under Fedora 14 as well, minus the Ubuntu-specific commands below (such as 'aptitude'). (April 30, 2011)
+*update from sgtfoo: Works fine under Fedora 14/15 as well, minus the Ubuntu-specific commands below (such as 'aptitude'). You may need to install samba and cifs utilities in Fedora. (May 28, 2011)
 NOTE: you may need to install smbfs first with

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 Tested under Ubuntu 9.10, All the credit for this belongs to dmizer. I simply adapted to the hda. [http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=288534 Original thread here]
 In this example we will mount the hda's shared music on our desktop. It will appear as a drive.
 NOTE: you may need to install smbfs first with
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   '''//hda/Music /home/USERNAME/Music cifs credentials=/root.smbcredentials,iocharset=utf8,noserverino,gid=1000,uid=1000,nounix,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777 0 0'''
 *be sure to replace USERNAME with your Ubuntu username.
 *Repeat accordingly for Videos, Pictures etc.
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 Take a deep breath, and mounted drive should appear on your desktop.
 '''On my system, the shutdown halted with a cifs/ vfs error.'''

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	'''sudo ln -s /etc/init.d/umountnfs.sh /etc/rc0.d/K15umountnfs.sh'''		'''sudo ln -s /etc/init.d/umountnfs.sh /etc/rc0.d/K15umountnfs.sh'''
	'''sudo ln -s /etc/init.d/umountnfs.sh /etc/rc6.d/K15umountnfs.sh'''		'''sudo ln -s /etc/init.d/umountnfs.sh /etc/rc6.d/K15umountnfs.sh'''
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−	~~= Connecting to a Server with the File Browser =~~

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 I used the following commands (of course, replace the username with your username unless you are also kevin):
-sudo mount.cifs '\\hda\music' Music -o user=kevin
+sudo mount.cifs '\\hda\Music' Music -o user=kevin
-sudo mount.cifs '\\hda\pictures' Pictures -o user=kevin
+sudo mount.cifs '\\hda\Pictures' Pictures -o user=kevin
-sudo mount.cifs '\\hda\docs' Documents -o user=kevin
+sudo mount.cifs '\\hda\Docs' Documents -o user=kevin
-sudo mount.cifs '\\hda\movies' Videos -o user=kevin
+sudo mount.cifs '\\hda\Movies' Videos -o user=kevin
 And that was it. Now the files in Amahi are mounted as if they are local files on my computer.
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 '''Permanent mount:'''
-Tested under Ubuntu 8.10, All the credit for this belongs to dmizer. I simply adapted to the hda. [http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=288534 Original thread here]
+Tested under Ubuntu 9.10, All the credit for this belongs to dmizer. I simply adapted to the hda. [http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=288534 Original thread here]
 In this example we will mount the hda's shared music on our desktop. It will appear as a drive.
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   sudo aptitude install smbfs
-*First create a new folder to mount your hda files: '''sudo mkdir /media/music'''
+*First create a new folder to mount your hda files: '''sudo mkdir /media/Music'''
 *We need to create a credential file to mount on startup: '''sudo nano /root/.smbcredentials'''
 **Add the following lines:  (You must change hda_username and hda_password to the correct user name and password for the hda to connect to):
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 *Now, change the permissions of the file so only root can read and edit it:
   '''sudo chmod 700 /root/.smbcredentials'''
-*Let's back up our fstab: '''sudo cp /etc/fstab /etc/fstab_old'''
+*Let's back up our fstab:
-** If needed you may return to the original this way: '''sudo mv /etc/fstab_old /etc/fstab'''
+ sudo cp /etc/fstab /etc/fstab_old
 *Now we edit fstab:
   '''sudo nano /etc/fstab'''
 *Add this line at the end:
-'''//hda/music /media/music cifs credentials=/root/.smbcredentials,iocharset=utf8,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777 0 0'''
+ '''//hda/Music /media/Music cifs credentials=/root/.smbcredentials,iocharset=utf8,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777 0 0'''
 *For those of you who want to have your music on the server mounted as if it were in your local /home/Music folders, add this line:
-'''//hda/Music /home/USERNAME/Music cifs credentials=/root/.smbcredentials,iocharset=utf8,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777 0 0'''
+ '''//hda/Music /home/USERNAME/Music cifs credentials=/root/.smbcredentials,iocharset=utf8,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777 0 0'''
 *be sure to replace USERNAME with your Ubuntu username.
 *Repeat accordingly for Videos, Pictures etc.
 *Finally, test your settings to make sure they work:
   '''sudo mount -a'''