Does Anyone Know How to Map a Network Drive in Trisquel?
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Hi all. I would like to permanently map a network drive with the intent to be able to backup to it using the "Backup" app in Trisquel. I looked up the Ubuntu method using the GUI but the interface is different. I also looked up the command-line methods but it seems rather complicated. Would someone help me with this?
Thanks.
Could you specify what protocol can be used to access the drive? It could be SMB, NFS, FTP, SFTP, DAV, DAVS... Every protocol has different settings.
BugRep, I happen to be used to using Samba, but if I should be using something else, please let me know. I have just started to configure my Trisquel laptop. To be clear, I want to be able to backup to the network drive using the "Backup" app, which I believe is based off of Dejadup/Duplicity.
If you want to continue using samba, and don't have a password set up, it's easy.
Open a terminal and execute these commands (replacing servername and sharename):
sudo apt-get install cifs-utils sudo mkdir /media/samba-share echo "//servername/sharename /media/samba-share cifs guest,uid=$(id -u),iocharset=utf8 0 0" | sudo tee -a /etc/fstab
Note: do not remove -a from tee command or you will have huge problems; if you execute the last command twice, you will have a duplicate entry in /etc/fstab
You can review the changes /etc/fstab using a GUI editor
gksudo gedit /etc/fstab
or a terminal-based one
sudo editor /etc/fstab
I think it is more secure to be using sftp. It is a file transfer protocol built on top of ssh. If your network drive is on a system running GNU/Linux it will be easy to set it up.
I see the folder for the drive is being added, and appears in the sidebar, but when I try to access it I am stopped by the attached warning.
The reason why I havent considered SFTP is because I am accessing a drive that is attached to another linux computer on my local network so I feel SFTP is for access over the internet, is it not?
Thank you very much for your guide.
"SFTP is for access over the internet, is it not?"
Network protocols are for accessing over a network, public or private. The internet is nothing more than a network of networks. Your stuff at home is a network. Best not to draw arbitrary restrictions over what sort of network a given protocol is "supposed" to run on. There's no difference. :)
Fair. lol
UPDATE: Thanks for opening my mind. I ended up being able to do what I wanted with SSH :)
Have you tried restarting the system? It should be automatically mounted on boot.
To mount all from /etc/fstab without a reboot execute:
sudo mount -a
If that doesn't work, append "user" like this:
guest,uid=1000,iocharset=utf8,user
This will allow you to mount after booting with a click.
hrmm not working... I wonder what would stop this from working... Investigating...
UPDATE: Thanks for the help. I think I need to think more carefully about what I am trying to do. I am new to Linux so its been quite a ride to learn. If I figure it out I'll share it on this thread.
Alright, after making sure SSH was working properly between all of my computers, I decided I should try a SFTP approach. WAY WASIER and more familiar for me. I followed the steps here and got it working very easily:
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/how-to-mount-a-remote-folder-using-ssh-on-ubuntu/
Thanks so much for bothering to help and suggesting "SFTP". :)
UPDATE:
I found out how to deal with mounting this network drive after login too: https://askubuntu.com/questions/270049/how-to-run-a-command-at-login
I was having issues with editing the fstab again but this method works for now... I need to up my fstab skillz :)
"(...)I am accessing a drive that is attached to another linux computer on my local network(...)"
Seems perfect fit to use NFS. Give it a try. Samba was made for multiplattform with Windows machines and Linux based ones..{[
edit: sorry, which is the filesystem on the attached drive?? NFS is for Unix like FS
The Attached drive is NTFS, but the system is a Linux system. So probably don't use NFS eh?
UPDATE: I ended up being able to do it with SSH.
You mean the system is a GNU/Linux system: https://www.gnu.org/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html
The name does matter: https://www.gnu.org/gnu/why-gnu-linux.html
Yes, I am aware of this. Love "Saint" Richard Stallman. ;)
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