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  From: Adam Hawes <adam_hawes@dingoblue.net.au>
  To  : <linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au>
  Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 08:34:28 +1030

Re: Samba + Automount

> eg make sure you have a CD in the drive and do the following:
> 
> add a new share, say call it cdrom and add the following to the smb.conf file
> in /etc/
> 
> [cdrom]
>         comment = this is my cdrom on my linux server
>         path = /mnt/cdrom
>         guest ok = Yes
> 
> You will see a folder appear in the Windoze machine when you go through the
> network called CDROM
> 
> This should work just fine for you to check it out, make any addition you like
> after this to enhance the share.

Okay, done just what you said.  I have a smb share for the zip disk
mount point.  If I have a disk (there ARE files on it) in the zip drive,
and I use Network Neighbourhoor to go to \\skywalker\zip I see nothing
(the empty mount point dir).  If I put a file in that dir ("cp
/etc/fstab /mnt/zip") I see fstab in the dir.

Now, I delete the file I put there (duh) and mount the zip disk ("mount
/mnt/zip").  I then browse back to the same share and I see the files on
my zip disk on it.

The problem with this is:

Windows users would need telnet/ssh/other access to the box to mount
their disks before they can use them with the smb share.  They then need
to unmount them before they eject them.

I want a system where the disk can be inserted and mounted on insertion
(like Gnome does with CDROMs now) and unmounted when the eject button is
pressed (or after a timeout).  This way I can use them with Samba just
like if the disk was on a Windows box.  Is it possible to have this kind
of setup using Samba, or should I move the zip disk onto a Windows
machine?

Cheers,
Adam

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