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:

          nano /root/.smbcredentials

• Add the following lines. You must change NAS_username and NAS_password to the correct user name and password for the NAS to connect to:

          username=NAS_username
          password=NAS_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:

          chmod 700 /root/.smbcredentials

• Let's back up our fstab:

          cp /etc/fstab /etc/fstab_old

• If needed you may return to the original this way:

          mv /etc/fstab_old /etc/fstab

• Now we edit fstab:

          nano /etc/fstab

• Add this line at the end (all in one line):

          //server/share /var/hda/files/music cifs credentials=/root
          /.smbcredentials,iocharset=utf8,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777 0 0

• If the share name has spaces, escape them with \040 (wtf? yeah in octal \040), e.g.

          //server/My\040Documents/My\040Music

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

          mount -a