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--- storage:smb [2017/01/12 16:13]
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+++ storage:smb [2018/01/09 12:28] (current)
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+===== Command Line =====
-==== Command Line ====
 In a console that has administrative permissions:
-  * mklink /D C:\%userprofile%\MyStorageFolder \\mystorage.cs.esgr.in\backup
+==== Mount as Network Drive ====
+<sxh>net use q: \\mystorage.cs.esgr.in\backup</sxh>
+This will mount the cloud storage on Drive Letter Q:
+==== Mount under UNC Path ====
+<sxh>mklink /D C:\%userprofile%\MyStorageFolder \\mystorage.cs.esgr.in\backup</sxh>
 This will mount the cloud storage in a folder called //MyStorageFolder// inside your user profile.
+===== Linux =====
+==== Required Packages ====
+<sxh bash>
+yum install samba-client samba-common cifs-utils
+</sxh>
+==== fstab ====
+We will assume your user in the system is **myuser** \\
+Add an entry in your fstab like this:
+<sxh>//mystorage.cs.esgr.in/backup /home/myuser/mystorage cifs user=user1234,pass=WMacuuvnnxaKuiwBTrn2,iocharset=utf8 0 0</sxh>
+=== Protecting the Username & Password ===
+In order to avoid the leaking of username & password you can do the following:
+Create the file ~/.smbcredentials:
+<sxh>touch ~/.smbcredentials</sxh>
+Add the following inside the smbcredentials file:
+<sxh>username=user1234
+password=WMacuuvnnxaKuiwBTrn2</sxh>
+Change the permissions of the file to be readable only from your id:
+<sxh>chmod 600 ~/.smbcredentials</sxh>
+Change the fstab entry to be like this:
+<sxh>//mystorage.cs.esgr.in/backup /home/myuser/mystorage cifs credentials=/home/myuser/.smbcredentials,iocharset=utf8 0 0</sxh>