[K12OSN] Re: Mounting SAMBA shares on a Linux workstation (Petre Scheie)

[Bert Rolston]

Hi Petre and the rest of the list,

Here's the other crazy part of the problem.

I can access all of the shares by using KONQUEROR. As soon as I click on
the SAMBA server it asks me for a login name and password. All is fine
from that point on.
The down side is Konqueror won't let me mount samba shares into my local
FS.

All I want it to start Open Office, GIMP and any other app that doesn't
use Konqueror to browse the filesystem, then access files from the
server as if they were on the local machine!

Sad to say, but at this point in time it has been easier to access files
on a SAMBA server using a W2K fat client. :-(

Cheers,
Bert

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> Message: 25
> Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 08:12:26 -0500
> From: Petre Scheie <petre at maltzen.net>
> Subject: Re: [K12OSN] Mounting SAMBA shares on a Linux workstation
> To: "Support list for open source software in schools."
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> Hey Bert, good to see you back on the list again!
> 
> As to your problem, sshfs is your friend.  It allows you, as a non-root user, to mount 
> directories from remote machines over ssh; no NFS needed.  The syntax is easy:
> 
> sshfs remotehost:/path/to/desired/directory /localmountpoint
> 
> /localmountpoint can be just a directory in your $HOME.  After you mount this, you can 
> see the contents of the remote host right in /localmountpoint.  And this works from a 
> thin client.  It is COOL!  Everything's transparent to your apps.  You can run it safely 
> across the internet since it's all ssh.  It uses fuse, which is the same component used 
> in LTSP 4.2's new improved Local Device Access.
> 
> The package you want is sshfs-fuse (or is it fuse-sshfs?  One or the other).  Do a yum 
> install on it and you'll be on your way.
> 
> Petre
> 
> Bert Rolston wrote:
> > Hey all,
> > 
> > Thanks for the help last week.
> > 
> > Now I've hit another snag.
> > 
> > I use FC5 as my OS of choice. I'm trying to open files on the Samba
> > server from Open Office. The OO file browser won't let me access the
> > network directly, the way Konqueror does. 
> > 
> > So I've come to the conclusion that I need to mount the SAMBA shares in
> > my filesystem. Great in theory, difficult in practice.
> > 
> > I've tried using the mount.cifs man pages, but they are difficult to
> > understand. 
> > 
> > The Redhat help FAQ's have useful suggestions, but it appears I can only
> > carry out the methods in their FAQ's as root.
> > 
> > I can access the files through Konqueror. Which means I have to copy the
> > file from the server to the local machine. Then I can work on it, and
> > save it locally. After that I can save back to the server. This sort of
> > defeats the purpose of a central file store / server.
> > 
> > I've also tried using NFS, but my workstation can't find the NFS server.
> > 
> > How are people on this list going about solving this problem?
> > 
> > Thanks for your help,
> > Bert
> > 
> > 
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