BwFileStorage CIFS

Using SMB/CIFS for UNIX client (only KIT intern or KIT-VPN)

SMB Client

Attention: To access data served by bwFileStorage via smbclient, You need a Service Password. Please set your Service Password under following site: https://bwidm.scc.kit.edu.
A UNIX like operating system needs a CIFS client to use a share. CIFS clients are part of Samba implementation for Linux and other UNIX like operating systems (http://www.samba.org)

Attention: Posix style file commands (for instance chmod) must not be applied on files on a CIFS share. This may revoke sharing and Access Lists (ACLs), steering the access to the files.

Example: To list the files in a SMB share, use the program smbclient.

smbclient -L bwfilestorage.lsdf.kit.edu -U 'bwfilestorage.lsdf.kit.edu\ka_xy1234'
Enter bwfilestorage.lsdf.kit.edu\ka_xy1234's password: 

The program allows You to access the files with a FTP like tool in an interactive shell.

>smbclient //bwfilestorage.lsdf.kit.edu/ka -U 'bwfilestorage.lsdf.kit.edu\ka_xy1234'

Enter bwfilestorage.lsdf.kit.edu\ka_xy1234's password:
Domain=[LSDF.KIT.EDU] OS=[Unix] Server=[IBM NAS]
smb:\> ls
.               D              0 Tue Jan 7 13:00:03 2014
..              D              0 Fri Aug 23 22:41:52 2013
    ka_aifb D               0 Thu Jul 11 21:04:09 2013
    ka_scc  D               0 Tue Jul 2 22:36:18 2013
    ka_aph D               0 Thu Aug 8 08:17:32 2013
    ka_bgu D               0 Sun Aug 25 17:58:16 2013
......
.snapshots DHR         0 Thu Jan 1 01:00:00 1970
65535 blocks of size 33553920.
65535 blocks available
smb:\

Mount a Share

Attention: To access data served by bwFileStorage via CIFS protocol, You need a Service Password. Please set your Service Password under following site: https://bwidm.scc.kit.edu.
A share can be mounted to a local directory, (e.g. /mnt/cifs ). You do need root rights on the local system.

Mount over command line

Example:

>mkdir /mnt/cifs
>mount -t cifs -o username='bwfilestorage.lsdf.kit.edu\ka_xy1234' //bwfilestorage.lsdf.kit.edu/ka /mnt/cifs
Password:

or

>mount -t cifs -o username=ka_xy1234,workgroup=bwfilestorage.lsdf.kit.edu -o UID=xxxx,GID=yyyy //bwfilestorage.lsdf.kit.edu/ka/ka_groupname  /mnt/cifs
Password:

or

>mount.cifs -o username=’bwfilestorage.lsdf.kit.edu\ka_xy1234'’ //bwfilestorage.lsdf.kit.edu/ka /mnt/cifs
Password:

>df | grep cifs
//bwfilestorage.lsdf.kit.edu/ka
291441213440 204573500416 86867713024 71% /mnt/cifs
>cd /mnt/cifs/ka_groupname/ka_xy1234
>ls

Verify the success of the mount invoking the mount command without any arguments:

mount | grep cifs 
//bwfilestorage.lsdf.kit.edu/ka on /mnt/cifs type cifs (rw)

Mount over /etc/fstab

Example:

>mkdir /mnt/mountpoint
/etc/fstab
//bwfilestorage.lsdf.kit.edu/ka/ka_groupname/ka_xy1234   /mnt/mountpoint   cifs  uid= xxxx,gid= yyyy,credentials=/path_to_user_HOME/credentialsfile,auto  0 0
# ka  (for example)                : prefix
# ka_xy1234                         : bwfilestorage user
# xxxx/yyyy                          : user uid/gid

>cat /path_to_user_HOME/credentialsfile
username=ka_ xy1234
password=*****
domain=bwfilestorage.lsdf.kit.edu

>mount /mnt/mountpoint

Verify the success of the mount invoking the mount command without any arguments:

mount | grep cifs 
//bwfilestorage.lsdf.kit.edu/ka/ka_groupname/ka_xy1234 on /mnt/mountpoint type cifs (rw)

Using SMB/CIFS for Windows client (only KIT intern or KIT-VPN)

Attention: To access data served by bwFileStorage via CIFS, You need a Service Password. Please set your Service Password under following site: https://bwidm.scc.kit.edu.

You can use a CIFS share from a Microsoft operating system.

Adopting Universal Naming Convention (UNC) syntax

Use Windows Explorer entering the path to the share in UNC syntax:

Examples:

\\bwfilestorage.lsdf.kit.edu 
or
\\bwfilestorage.lsdf.kit.edu\ka\ka_groupname\ka_xy1234

Following the input of the UNC path, a window will pop up:
Loginname: bwfilestorage.lsdf.kit.edu\ka_xy1234
Password: Service Password

Following authentication a new window pops up, showing the content of the share. You can now manipulate Your files as accustomed.

Creation of a network (pseudo) drive with Windows Explorer

To connect to a network share in Windows Explorer select the control field
Select a drive letter to be associated with the network share and enter the network path (e.g. \\bwfilestorage.lsdf.kit.edu\ka). Select ‘use a different identification‘, as these differ from Your credential used locally.

Instead of the domain name in KIT, which You are accustomed to, take for user ka_xy1234 e.g.: bwfilestorage.lsdf.kit.edu\ka_xy1234. Use the dedicated service password instead of Your KIT Domain password.

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