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Need help with network file sharing on my Audrey

New Messagefile sharing (modified 0 times) DaVinci
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I've been trying to get my Audrey to network file share for a few days now and just can't seem to make it happen. I do have Internet working and even HomeSeer put I can't seem to get pictures or mp3 over to the Audrey. My first question is the format of the "fs-cifs -a" comand in windowshare.sh. After the IP address is it just the folder that is being shared on your host or is it first the folder on your host followed by the folder on the Audrey. I've got 5 computers on my LAN and have tried it with each to no avail. Hopefull someone can set me straight before I go mad. Thanks
02-26-2004 11:55:06

New MessageRE:file sharing (modified 0 times) niftymatt
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It would be the sharename which can be different than the foldername or nested within another share. So it would read something like:

fs-cifs -a //computername:ipaddress:/sharename /audreyalias username password

I put it at the bottom of the /kojak/boot.sh to reconnect whenever Audrey reboots. Hope that helps.

-Matt

02-26-2004 12:42:59

New MessageRE:file sharing (modified 0 times) cliffer
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found this in an old post.....

To do a smb mount I simply created a mount point (i.e. mkdir /mnt) and ran something like:
fs-cifs -v //<WinxHostName>:<IP Address>:/<sharename> /mnt <username> <password> &
If you're mounting a NT or Win2k share then it appears you must use a valid username and password regardless of permissions on the share, I'm not sure for Win9x but you still have to supply both a username and password to the fs-cifs executable. The -v option just turns on verbose output so you can see what's happening.

02-26-2004 12:44:52

New MessageRE:file sharing (modified 0 times) DaVinci
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Thanks Matt and Cliffer
I did get the folders mounted using terminal. I'll have to try putting the fs-cifs command at the bottom of the /kojak/boot.sh
Thanks for all the help

Stephen

02-26-2004 17:29:07

New MessageRE:file sharing (modified 0 times) serutan
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The fs-cifs thing works fine when I type it at the command line, but when I put it in boot.sh nothing happens. My boot.sh consists of only a couple comment lines and the fs-cifs line. At first I tried a technique seen another board that involves waiting for the ethernet connection to exist before trying to create the share:

while [ !-f /dev/usbenet0 ]
do
sleep 1
done
fs-cifs //remotemachine:remoteip:/remoteshare /localshare user pwd

When I execute .sh from the command line it always loops, even though the network is fine. I tried !-w (writeable file exists) instead of !-f (file exists and is not a directory); same result. Removed the while loop and left only the fs-cifs line and it works fine, but not in boot.sh at startup.

Any advice other than chanting to Cthulu? [already tried that. Nothing]

03-30-2004 17:14:32

New MessageRE:file sharing (modified 0 times) niftymatt
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try the following to wait for ethernet:

if_up -r 20 en0
fs-cifs -a //computername:ipaddress:/sharename /audreyalias username password

works for me!

03-30-2004 21:20:01

New MessageRE:file sharing (modified 0 times) serutan
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Thanks Matt, it works great!

I bow to your wisdom

03-31-2004 01:38:25

New MessageRE:file sharing (modified 0 times) niftymatt
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No problem. Just fencing what I stole from someone else! Glad it's working.

Matt

03-31-2004 07:51:52

New MessageRE:file sharing (modified 0 times) footballfan2004
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I'm having a very tough problem with trying to mount my Audrey on my LAN. The Audrey can see the internet and my router does describe a vaild address for the Audrey. However, I can not get to files on any of the MS XP machines on the LAN.

I've read the other postings on this BBS, and I've tried most of the suggestions. Here's what I generally do:

fs-cifs -a//Computer1:192.168.123.XXX:/Tracks userid password

[] Computer1= Host computer name
[] 192.168.123.XXX is host computer IP address (with XXX as the proper number). I've noticed that all of the posts here are 192.168.0.0 (or 1) as the host computer IP address.
[] Tracks is the XP directory
[] userid is the user ID
[] password is the password

I also have tried:

fs-cifs -a//Computer2:192.168.123.YYY:/Tracks quest none (for a none pwd protected machine)

fs-cifs -a//Computer1:192.168.0.XXX:/Tracks userid password

fs-cifs -a//Computer1:192.168.0.1:/Tracks userid password

fs-cifs -a//Computer1:192.168.0.0:/Tracks userid password
__________________

The response from the system is:
fs-cifs: illegal option --/
fs-cifs: illegal option --/
fs-cifs: illegal option --C

and this continues until all of the letters are used [except for the "a" in Tracks!?]

fs-cifs: illegal option --d [completing the word "password"]

then the final line in the response is:
missing arguments or all mount attempts failed


I am mega hours in to this. Anyone have a clue?

08-27-2004 11:10:42

New MessageRE:file sharing (modified 0 times) watwerks
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I think that you just need a space between your option of -a and your computer address which starts with wack wack.
fs-cifs -a"put a space here"//Computer1:192.168.0.0:/Tracks userid password
08-27-2004 14:56:03

New MessageRE:file sharing (modified 0 times) footballfan2004
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Your suggestion got rid of the:

fs-cifs: illegal option --/
fs-cifs: illegal option --/
fs-cifs: illegal option --C

Thanks. I'm getting closer but not there yet. When I tap in:

fs-cifs -a //Computer1:192.168.123.XXX:/Tracks userid password

I get:

fs-cifs: missing argument(s) near "//Computer1:192.168.123.XXX:/Tracks"

I have verified the Host name and the IP address. I must be doing something else wrong. Help!

08-27-2004 17:19:03

New MessageRE:file sharing (modified 0 times) sTeeve
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if you're trying to mount the Audrey file system, fs-cifs won't work because:
1) fs-cifs mounts Windows shares
2) fs-nfs2 mounts *nix shares, (Audrey uses QNX, a stripped-down version of Unix).
09-04-2004 09:22:24

New MessageRE:file sharing (modified 0 times) watwerks
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You need to give the share name before the userid password. Sorry I didn't see it the first go round. You can call it anything you want and Audrey will reference it that way.

fs-cifs -a //Computer1:192.168.123.XXX:/Tracks "/Tracks" userid password

09-11-2004 10:54:52

New MessageRE:file sharing (modified 0 times) Sawadee
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I am having a problem in this area. I have set up and have working for some time shares with a Win98 system and an XP Pro system that any of my Audrey's mount to.

I am trying to set up a share on a Server 2003 system and have it working from any of my networked computers but the Audrey's..
The fs-cifs -v results state that the smb connection is successful and that the logon is successful but the mounting to the share returns smb_mount: Bad file descriptor

Again this is working on all other systems on my network.. Anyone know if I need to do something extra on the Server 2003 to make it work with the Audrey?

using in terminal the following command:

fs-cifs -v //Servername:192.168.123.xxx:/ServerMP3 /ServerMP3 username password

11-26-2004 17:42:20

New MessageRE:file sharing (modified 0 times) Sawadee
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Found the answer in Topic named:

Audrey and W2k3 small business server

Just had to do more searching.

11-26-2004 18:18:26

New MessageRE:file sharing (modified 0 times) edvins
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I need some help getting my windows file share working with my audrey, and I hope someone can help me out of the situation I seem to have made. In a root shell, I believe I entered the commend properly in the format:

fs-cifs -a //computername:ipaddress:/music /music username password

When I do:

cd /
ls

music is listed. However if I try to cd to music, I get the message:

/nto/bin/ksh: cd: /music - no such file or directory

If I try to remove it using rm music, I get:

music: no such file or directory

Any ideas on how I can get rid of the music entry that show up when I do ls, so i can start over with the fs-cifs command?
Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.

Ed

12-08-2004 16:01:58

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