======Project: CIFS======

A project for HPC I by John Kosty during Fall 2014.

=====Objectives=====
  * Access, read, and write to windows SMB shares
=====Prerequisites=====
In order to successfully accomplish/perform this project, the listed resources/experiences need to be consulted/achieved:

  * https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MountWindowsSharesPermanently
  * http://midactstech.blogspot.com/2013/09/how-to-mount-windows-cifs-share-on_18.html
  * https://wiki.debian.org/SAMBAClientSetup
  * General Command Line Use
  * Confidence in installing packages
  * Knowledge of command line editors



=====Background=====
  * CIFS or Common Internet File System, is a way for me to easily reach my SMB shares as it runs the SMB protocol. 
  * CIFS will allow me to mount a share using a single credential.
  * The reason for doing this is because Windows uses a different file system than linux




=====Procedure=====
* I begin by install it
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  * This installs almost all of the samba tools as well
  * Decided I would place the mount points in /mnt and made the directories
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  * Next I need to specify the way that the share is being mounted
  * This is specified in /etc/fstab to make it automatic
  * I added the lines with 192.168.1.253
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  - The IP is the IP of the file server the files are stored on, SERVER-FILES
  - Multimedia and Downloads are the shares the file folders are in
  - \040 is the way of representing a space in a address
  - /mnt/abcd specifies the location the share will be mounted on the file system
  - cifs specifies the mount type
  - credentials are stored in a separate file /etc/cifspasswd .. really not needed but I like to
  - file mode and directory mode decide the control over the mount .. 777 may not be the best for production but fine for testing
  * To mount without restart I do a mount -a
  * Upon checking the mount locations, I can see it was successful all my "legitimate" movies are there
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  * The same can be said for the music
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  * Something always important to check is that the special characters are coming in right. Dont want half you music to not show up
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  * Although it shows up, I may have to change settings in subsonic and plex itself later on



=====Reflection=====
I am sure there are many more efficient ways to do what I have done. The most obvious is to not use windows at all. Unfortunately, this is not an option at the time. I do occasionally experience speed issues with this setup, but I have been unable to find the cause. It's probably a driver issue.
=====References=====
In performing this project, the following resources were referenced:

  * https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MountWindowsSharesPermanently
  * http://midactstech.blogspot.com/2013/09/how-to-mount-windows-cifs-share-on_18.html
  * https://wiki.debian.org/SAMBAClientSetup