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Mimic Dropbox Service on RN102 and Linux
I have been using Dropbox to sync files across multiple Linux machines at home.
While this works well I would like to keep my own data on my ReadyNAS rather than someone else's cloud.
I can mount the shared folder on the NAS via my file manager and open files from there. I can currently use one click from 'Cairo Dock Stack' or a desktop shortcut to open and edit the files in the /home/Dropbox folder without the additional steps of mounting and browsing. I can then go to another machine and do the same.
Am I able to use my ReadyNAS in a similar way but just stay on my own network and not go out onto the web and come back in and without installing apps?
I suspect that my real question could be how to auto mount the shared NAS folder at login but after trying this:
mount [-t smb -o username=<user name>,password=<password>] //<ReadyNAS IP address>/<shared folder name> <mount point>
from here:
I got no joy so thought it prudent to express my actual desired end result.
Firmware is 6.8.1
Thanks in advance.
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What error message, if any, are you getting? Have you verified SMB access is on for the system and share? Does the mount point directory exist? Make sure your mount point in the command has the full path starting from /.
I have done this with two ReadyNASes, but used NFS instead of SMB for better retention of ownership and privileges. Once I had it working with a manual mount command, I added a line to /etc/fstab to have it auto-mounted at boot.
Error message: For more details see mount(8).
SMB is green when I go to the admin page for the NAS at, system>settings NFS is also green.
Below is the output and command:
bradley@WR250:~$ sudo mount [-t smb -o username=bradley,password=xxxxxxxx] //http://192.168.1.2/2TB /home/bradley [sudo] password for bradley: Usage: mount [-lhV] mount -a [options] mount [options] [--source] <source> | [--target] <directory> mount [options] <source> <directory> mount <operation> <mountpoint> [<target>] Mount a filesystem. Options: -a, --all mount all filesystems mentioned in fstab -c, --no-canonicalize don't canonicalise paths -f, --fake dry run; skip the mount(2) syscall -F, --fork fork off for each device (use with -a) -T, --fstab <path> alternative file to /etc/fstab -i, --internal-only don't call the mount.<type> helpers -l, --show-labels show also filesystem labels -n, --no-mtab don't write to /etc/mtab -o, --options <list> comma-separated list of mount options -O, --test-opts <list> limit the set of filesystems (use with -a) -r, --read-only mount the filesystem read-only (same as -o ro) -t, --types <list> limit the set of filesystem types --source <src> explicitly specifies source (path, label, uuid) --target <target> explicitly specifies mountpoint -v, --verbose say what is being done -w, --rw, --read-write mount the filesystem read-write (default) -h, --help display this help and exit -V, --version output version information and exit Source: -L, --label <label> synonym for LABEL=<label> -U, --uuid <uuid> synonym for UUID=<uuid> LABEL=<label> specifies device by filesystem label UUID=<uuid> specifies device by filesystem UUID PARTLABEL=<label> specifies device by partition label PARTUUID=<uuid> specifies device by partition UUID <device> specifies device by path <directory> mountpoint for bind mounts (see --bind/rbind) <file> regular file for loopdev setup Operations: -B, --bind mount a subtree somewhere else (same as -o bind) -M, --move move a subtree to some other place -R, --rbind mount a subtree and all submounts somewhere else --make-shared mark a subtree as shared --make-slave mark a subtree as slave --make-private mark a subtree as private --make-unbindable mark a subtree as unbindable --make-rshared recursively mark a whole subtree as shared --make-rslave recursively mark a whole subtree as slave --make-rprivate recursively mark a whole subtree as private --make-runbindable recursively mark a whole subtree as unbindable For more details see mount(8). bradley@WR250:~$OK, it's just listing the options for mount because you have not used proper syntax.
The brackets you see in the example are just to indicate those parameters are optional. You don't actually use them when you type the command.
You also don't need sudo. You are already logged in as root, and sudo just elevates the command to root.
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