How to: easy use samba mounts

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If you are using an application which does not know what samba is(amaroK,Exaile) then this 'How to' is for you.

1. step

Open Synaptic and install smbnetfs package.

2. step

Make a directory where your smbnetfs will be attached:

$ sudo mkdir /media/smb
[sudo] password for ...

3. step

Write a new script to load at boot time. Edit file /etc/init.d/mountsmbfs.sh:

#! /bin/sh
PATH=/sbin:/bin
. /lib/init/vars.sh

. /lib/lsb/init-functions
. /lib/init/mount-functions.sh

if [ -r /etc/default/locale ]; then
        . /etc/default/locale
        export LANG
fi

do_start() {
        #
        # Mounts smbnetfs.
        #
        smbnetfs -o allow_other /media/smb
}

case "$1" in
  start|"")
        do_start
        ;;
  restart|reload|force-reload)
        echo "Error: argument '$1' not supported" >&2
        exit 3
        ;;
  stop)
        # No-op
        ;;
  *)
        echo "Usage: mountsmbfs.sh [start|stop]" >&2
        exit 3
        ;;
  *)
        echo "Usage: mountsmbfs.sh [start|stop]" >&2
        exit 3
        ;;
esac

4. step

Enable auto start:

$ sudo update-rc.d mountsmbfs.sh start 46 S .
 Adding system startup for /etc/init.d/mountsmbfs.sh ...
   /etc/rcS.d/S46mountsmbfs.sh -> ../init.d/mountsmbfs.sh

5. step

Copy some files to root's home directory.

$ sudo su
# cd
# mkdir .smb
# cd .smb
# cp /etc/smbnetfs.conf .
# cp /etc/samba/smb.conf

6. step

Reboot.

This file system is much better than smbfs because it mounts entire samba network not just a share. Because right after boot wireless network access is not available,you cannot see any directory on mount point /media/smb/ . If you have permament ip of network share, you can access this computer by adding ip. For example ip of computer is 192.168.0.3: The computer shared folders can be seen on /media/smb/192.168.0.3/

Nautilus does not support such invisible folders.

You can add media share in Exiale:

Edit->Library Manager->Add

Go to /media/smb

Press Ctrl-C

Input ip of the computer. In our example is /media/smb/192.168.0.3/

It must be slash at the end.

Press Enter

Feel free to correct this How to or to change the whole idea to better.