cifsfs/smbfs support?

I posted a feature request on the sourceforge page that
cifsfs/smbfs
support be added to the kernel config for coLinux so that
the shares of
the Windows host can be mounted.  Is there a compelling
reason why it
should *not* be there?

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> I posted a feature request on the sourceforge page that
cifsfs/smbfs
> support be added to the kernel config for coLinux so
that the shares of
> the Windows host can be mounted.  Is there a compelling
reason why it
> should *not* be there?
last i checked smbfs was already there.



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On Sun, Feb 25, 2007 at 12:03:45AM -0800, Bruce Pinsky
wrote:
> Ryan Underwood wrote:
> > I posted a feature request on the sourceforge page
that cifsfs/smbfs
> > support be added to the kernel config for coLinux
so that the shares of
> > the Windows host can be mounted.  Is there a
compelling reason why it
> > should *not* be there?
> 
> Uh...Samba?

smbclient does not allow you to mount the SMB shares of the
Windows
host.

It is also incredibly tedious to use compared to a
filesystem mount.

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Samba provides the following:

mount -t smb -o username=username,password=password
//hostname/sambamount /path/to/your/mount/point

Or in your fstab you can use the following:

//hostname/sambamount /path/to/your/mount/point smb
rw,user,defaults,noauto 0 0

then as 'username' you can run mount
/path/to/your/mount/point and it
will ask you for the password (alternatively you can
override that
with the following:

//hostname/sambamount /path/to/your/mount/point smb
rw,user,defaults,noauto,username=username 0 0

What is also possible (but "DONT DO THIS AT HOME
KIDS") is putting the
password in as well:
//hostname/sambamount /path/to/your/mount/point smb
rw,user,defaults,noauto,username=username,password=password
0 0


This is not a generic "I do not know how to use
Linux" problem forum,
if you are new to Linux get a distro on a physical machine
or
VMware/qemu and learn that way. When you have a problem with
coLinux,
please come back and ask it.

Sam


On 26/02/07, Ryan Underwood <nemesisicequake.net> wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 25, 2007 at 12:03:45AM -0800, Bruce Pinsky
wrote:
> > Ryan Underwood wrote:
> > > I posted a feature request on the sourceforge
page that cifsfs/smbfs
> > > support be added to the kernel config for
coLinux so that the shares of
> > > the Windows host can be mounted.  Is there a
compelling reason why it
> > > should *not* be there?
> >
> > Uh...Samba?
>
> smbclient does not allow you to mount the SMB shares of
the Windows
> host.
>
> It is also incredibly tedious to use compared to a
filesystem mount.
>
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On Sun, Feb 25, 2007 at 11:30:13AM -0000, peter green
wrote:
> 
> > I posted a feature request on the sourceforge page
that cifsfs/smbfs
> > support be added to the kernel config for coLinux
so that the shares of
> > the Windows host can be mounted.  Is there a
compelling reason why it
> > should *not* be there?
> last i checked smbfs was already there.

I installed the latest user release (i.e., one with
2.6.12-co-0.7.1
kernel) and the smbfs/cifsfs modules do not exist, even
while silly ones
like XFS and minix are there.

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On Tue, Feb 27, 2007 at 12:34:22AM +1000, Sam Moffatt
wrote:
> 
> This is not a generic "I do not know how to use
Linux" problem forum,
> if you are new to Linux get a distro on a physical
machine or
> VMware/qemu and learn that way. When you have a problem
with coLinux,
> please come back and ask it.

I found the problem, smbfs/cifsfs are built into the kernel
statically
instead of as modules, and smbmount was not in my path
because my
profile was not being read.  (Attempting to setup a common
cygwin/colinux home directory.)

You can knock off the pretense, by the way - even elite
experts such as
yourself should agree that it is unconventional to build
these modules
statically, and I could not find a kernel config file
anywhere in the
coLinux distribution.

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Well if you had of noted your issue clearer I probably
wouldn't have
done my antinewb attack as from time to time newbs do come
in here
asking really stupid questions and your statement that Samba
!= fs
mount was taken as one of those moments. I apologise as my
attack was
unrequired and its good to see you've solved the issue.
Statically
compiling in smb is a bit of a quirky thing I will admit but
given its
the easiest way to get to the host it also makes sense.

For future reference the kernel config files are available
in the
source packages.

Again, apologies and best of luck 

Sam

On 27/02/07, Ryan Underwood <nemesisicequake.net> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Feb 27, 2007 at 12:34:22AM +1000, Sam Moffatt
wrote:
> >
> > This is not a generic "I do not know how to
use Linux" problem forum,
> > if you are new to Linux get a distro on a physical
machine or
> > VMware/qemu and learn that way. When you have a
problem with coLinux,
> > please come back and ask it.
>
> I found the problem, smbfs/cifsfs are built into the
kernel statically
> instead of as modules, and smbmount was not in my path
because my
> profile was not being read.  (Attempting to setup a
common
> cygwin/colinux home directory.)
>
> You can knock off the pretense, by the way - even elite
experts such as
> yourself should agree that it is unconventional to
build these modules
> statically, and I could not find a kernel config file
anywhere in the
> coLinux distribution.
>
> --
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On Tue, Feb 27, 2007 at 01:15:42AM +1000, Sam Moffatt
wrote:
> Well if you had of noted your issue clearer I probably
wouldn't have
> done my antinewb attack as from time to time newbs do
come in here
> asking really stupid questions and your statement that
Samba != fs
> mount was taken as one of those moments. I apologise as
my attack was
> unrequired and its good to see you've solved the issue.
Statically
> compiling in smb is a bit of a quirky thing I will
admit but given its
> the easiest way to get to the host it also makes
sense.
> 
> For future reference the kernel config files are
available in the
> source packages.

Something else to note, and this is what mislead me
initially, if you
try to use /sbin/mount.cifs instead of smbmount (i.e.
because you want
to use the kernel cifs instead of smbfs), it doesn't work
because only
smbfs and not CIFS is compiled in.  Using CIFS instead of
smbfs is
considered the correct thing to do nowadays since smbfs is
unmaintained.

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Mmm, cifs should be in there as a module, I just checked the
latest
autobuild and the module was there in it.

Sam

On 27/02/07, Ryan Underwood <nemesis-listsicequake.net> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Feb 27, 2007 at 01:15:42AM +1000, Sam Moffatt
wrote:
> > Well if you had of noted your issue clearer I
probably wouldn't have
> > done my antinewb attack as from time to time newbs
do come in here
> > asking really stupid questions and your statement
that Samba != fs
> > mount was taken as one of those moments. I
apologise as my attack was
> > unrequired and its good to see you've solved the
issue. Statically
> > compiling in smb is a bit of a quirky thing I will
admit but given its
> > the easiest way to get to the host it also makes
sense.
> >
> > For future reference the kernel config files are
available in the
> > source packages.
>
> Something else to note, and this is what mislead me
initially, if you
> try to use /sbin/mount.cifs instead of smbmount (i.e.
because you want
> to use the kernel cifs instead of smbfs), it doesn't
work because only
> smbfs and not CIFS is compiled in.  Using CIFS instead
of smbfs is
> considered the correct thing to do nowadays since smbfs
is unmaintained.
>
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On Tue, Feb 27, 2007 at 02:00:27AM +1000, Sam Moffatt
wrote:
> Mmm, cifs should be in there as a module, I just
checked the latest
> autobuild and the module was there in it.

Henry's mail summarizes the problem:
-----------------------------------------------
coLinux 0.7.x with kernel 2.6.12:
# CONFIG_CIFS is not set

coLinux 0.8.x with kernel 2.6.13, 2.6.14, 2.6.15:
# CONFIG_CIFS is not set

coLinux 0.8.x with kernel 2.6.17:
CONFIG_CIFS=m
-----------------------------------------------

I'm not sure why smbfs is compiled in while cifs is built as
a module
though.

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