SharingToNAS

Store you HDA shares on a NAS

I like to keep my mass storage on a NAS, but I want the stock shares on my HDA to work as designed. the following is my method for mounting my NAS share as my "/var/hda/files" directory. I chose that spot for convenience but you can put it anywhere you would like. I used the "Connecting to a Server by Mounting your HDA" as a template so the credit has to go to it's author. Here we go...

Everthing I did below is done in putty from a cli interface, Install download putty and enter you hda name or address in the address line. Login as root or "su -".

   * 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): 

username=hda_username password=hda_password

   * Save the file by hitting ctrl+x, type "y" to save the buffer, and <enter> to exit.
   * 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
         o If needed you may return to the original this way: sudo mv /etc/fstab_old /etc/fstab 
   * 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

   * Finally, test your settings to make sure they work: 

sudo mount -a