[GRLUG] Question Related to Network Folders and Samba
Godwin
geektoyz at gmail.com
Wed Sep 6 17:54:47 EDT 2006
Alright, I had a quick second... This is quick and dirty w/o much
checking for security (or exit unmount for that matter)... Desktop
Enviroments (KDE, XFCE, Gnome, etc.) generally allow you to run
scripts at logon (and possibly logout).
In Gnome, look at the "Sessions" properties and add this script per
user account. Put it somewhere accessible to each user and readonly
by that user (oh, and edit it of course).
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#!/bin/bash
# Quick and dirty...
# "fusesmb" would likely be a much better option
# http://www.ricardis.tudelft.nl/~vincent/fusesmb/
# Disclaimer:
# This is an insecure script to be used at home or in a secure
# environment. Don't come crying to me if you get hacked.
# Have this script in the user's Autostart directory (may vary with
Desktop Environment)
# to automount a samba share on a local folder automatically - at login.
# It's assumed that the usual home directories are being shared remotely.
# Note: the utility to use is "smbmount", but it calls "smbmnt".
# Both 'smbmount' and 'smbumount' must have the user sticky bit turned on.
# chmod u+s /usr/bin/smbmnt /usr/bin/smbumount
# the $USER variable is grabbed from the environment.
# Godwin Pena - Grand Rapids User's Group
# www.grlug.org 6-Sept-2006.
# Free to use and modify... ;-)
# Local#!/bin/bash
# Quick and dirty...
# "fusesmb" would likely be a much better option
# http://www.ricardis.tudelft.nl/~vincent/fusesmb/
# Disclaimer:
# This is an insecure script to be used at home or in a secure
# environment. Don't come crying to me if you get hacked.
# Have this script in the user's Autostart directory (may vary with
Desktop Environment)
# to automount a samba share on a local folder automatically - at login.
# It's assumed that the usual home directories are being shared remotely.
# Note: the utility to use is "smbmount", but it calls "smbmnt".
# Both 'smbmount' and 'smbumount' must have the user sticky bit turned on.
# chmod u+s /usr/bin/smbmnt /usr/bin/smbumount
# the $USER variable is grabbed from the environment.
# Godwin Pena - Grand Rapids User's Group
# www.grlug.org 6-Sept-2006.
# Free to use and modify... ;-)
# Local username
USER=`whoami`
# Remote server
SMBSRVR="remote.smb.server"
# Remote userid to use for authentication. Local permissions will be
assigned based
# on local userid. So local user "me" will own files of remote userid "you".
SMBUSER="remoteid"
SMBPASS="remotepass"
# Local folder where remote share is to be mounted (made accessible).
LOCALDIR="/home/$USER/Desktop/$SMBSRVR"
# If directory does not exist, create it (warning: no further checking
is done - i.e. non-empty)
if [ ! -d $LOCALDIR ]; then
mkdir -p $LOCALDIR
fi
/usr/bin/smbmount //$SMBSRVR/$SMBUSER $LOCALDIR -o
username=$SMBUSER,password=$SMBPASS
if [ $? = "0" ]; then
xmessage "Files on server $SMBSRVR have been mounted at $LOCALDIR."
else
xmessage "Unable to mount files from $SMBSRVR."
fi
username
USER=`whoami`
# Remote server
SMBSRVR="remote.smb.server"
# Remote userid to use for authentication. Local permissions will be
assigned based
# on local userid. So local user "me" will own files of remote userid "you".
SMBUSER="remoteid"
SMBPASS="remotepass"
# Local folder where remote share is to be mounted (made accessible).
LOCALDIR="/home/$USER/Desktop/$SMBSRVR"
# If directory does not exist, create it (warning: no further checking
is done - i.e. non-empty)
if [ ! -d $LOCALDIR ]; then
mkdir -p $LOCALDIR
fi
/usr/bin/smbmount //$SMBSRVR/$SMBUSER $LOCALDIR \
-o username=$SMBUSER,password=$SMBPASS
if [ $? = "0" ]; then
xmessage "Files on server $SMBSRVR have been mounted at $LOCALDIR."
else
xmessage "Unable to mount files from $SMBSRVR."
fi
exit 0
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Homework: Do some checking online for "logout script" to unmount the
share automatically when logging out. ;-)
cheers,
G-
On 9/5/06, Justin Denick <justin.denick at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
> On 9/5/06, Benjamin Flanders <flanderb at gmail.com > wrote:
> > Thank you Justin,
> > Lets see if I have this straight. This exports the /shared/home
> > directory on the file server and overlays this on top of the home
> > directory on the desktop, temporarily hiding the files already
> > residing in the home dir on the desktop.
>
>
>
> yup
>
>
> > Is it possible to export samba.server.name/home/user to
> > /home/user/external? something like this in fstab where user is
> > different depending on who logs in:
> > samba.server.name:/home/user /home/user/external nfs defaults 0 0
>
>
>
> I'm not sure that re-writting the fstab file each time a person logs in is
> such a great idea.
> Each user has a dedicated home dir that is specified in the /etc/passwd file
> and that information is read when they log in.
> So, if you want the home directory to be dependent on the username than this
> is where the change need to occur.
> One way would be to change the users default home directory to be
>
> /home/user/external where this is the mounted share and not the local file
> system
>
> You may even be able to accomplish this by linking, but using the useradd
> utility would probably be better.
>
>
>
> > On 9/5/06, Justin Denick < justin.denick at gmail.com > wrote:
> > > I'm not so sure I follow.
> > > Setup is someting like:
> > > -- 1Desktop PC running Ubuntu sometimes and Windows ate other
> > > -- A file server that runs samba for the Windows user and the Unbuntu
> user
> > >
> > > Why not handle the home directory with fstab on Ubuntu and drop the
> Samba
> > > Client.
> > > Something like:
> > >
> > > samba.server.name:/shared/home /home nfs defaults 0 0
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On 9/5/06, Benjamin Flanders < flanderb at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > Background:
> > > I have samba setup on my home network serving up a shared directory
> > > and the home dir's on the file server of both my wife and I. I can
> > > access the shared dir and the respective home dir of whoever is
> > > logged into windows. Works great.
> > > The issue:
> > > The desktop we use is a dual boot machine and when I use Ubuntu I can
> > > only get to the shared directory and not my home dir. Is it possible
> > > to have Linux auto-mount the home directory on a file server of
> > > whoever is logged into a separate workstation, like the samba setup I
> > > mentioned above?
> > > Some more details:
> > > - In linux I have the samba deamon automatically mount the shared dir
> via
> > > fstab.
> > > - If I remember correctly, the samba setup I have uses a file in
> > > root's home dir on the desktop called something like .smbauth for the
> > > samba username and password. I believe this is where the issue lies,
> > > it uses the same username and password for anyone who logs into the
> > > desktop.
> > >
> > >
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