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List of questions:
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Q1: What about errors and memory leaks in libsmbclient library ?
Q2: Is where any similar program on the web ?
Q3: How can I setup a correct working/listing of the files and directories
with national characters ?
Q4: It's takes a lot of time for KDE (gnome terminal) to show
group/computers/shares list. What can I do for it ?
Q5: I have a problem, what should I do ?
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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Q1: What about errors and memory leaks in libsmbclient library ?
A1: Starting from SMBNetFS-0.5.0 all interaction with libsmbclient library
moved to separate processes (which can be relatively safe killed). So the
problems in libsmbclient do not lead to any unpleasant consequences
to SMBNetFS or your computer anymore.
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Q2: Is where any similar program on the web ?
A2: Yes, here is a list.
1) KDE, GNOME, Xfce.
2) fusesmb -- http://hannibal.lr-s.tudelft.nl/fusesmb/
SMB for FUSE is a Network Neighborhood (Samba shares) filesystem.
It works like smbfs, but instead of accessing one share at a time,
all computers and workgroups are accessible at once from a single
filesystem mount, making network browsing just as easy as it is on
Windows.
3) fusemb -- http://yarick.territory.ru/fusemb
fusemb is an SMB network Unix filesystem hierarchy interconnector
using the fuse filesystem in user space.
4) smbc -- http://smbc.airm.net
Samba Commander is a text mode SMB network commander. In SMBC, you
can browse the local network or you can use the search function to
find the files. You can also download/upload files and directories
or create them both locally and remotely. SMBC has a resume function,
supports UTF-8 characters, and is multilingual.
5) xsmbrowser -- http://www.public.iastate.edu/~chadspen/
xSMBrowser is a tool for navigating SMB Networks (Samba, SMB, CIFS).
It retains the features of the program it was based upon (Microsoft's
Network Neighborhood), but adds convenient features for Unix users.
These include mounting, ability to change networks on-the-fly, and
conveniences such as a Stop Button.
6) smb4k -- http://smb4k.berlios.de/
Smb4K is a SMB/CIFS share browser for KDE. It uses the Samba software
suite to access the SMB/CIFS shares of the local network neighborhood.
Its purpose is to provide a program that's easy to use and has as many
features as possible.
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Q3: How can I setup a correct working/listing of the files and directories
with national characters ?
A3: In most cases SMBNetFS will work correctly just out of the box, but if
something goes wrong here is a short instruction. Replace the word CHARSET
with the your local charset and the word DOS_CHARSET with OEM charset
(also known as DOS charset) used by Windows in your country. You can find
your local charset in the output of locale command (in the most cases
it will be UTF-8).
(RECOMMENDED)
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1) Copy file "/etc/samba/smb.conf" to "~/.smb" directory (if there is no
such directory, then it should be created first).
mkdir -p ~/.smb
cp /etc/samba/smb.conf ~/.smb/smb.conf
2) Find and replace the values of “unix charset”, “display charset” and
“dos charset” in the file “~/.smb/smb.conf” according to values shown
below (if there are no such lines in the file, then it should be
created).
unix charset = utf-8
display charset = utf-8
dos charset = DOS_CHARSET
3) The file “~/.smb/smbnetfs.conf” should contain the following lines
(if there are no such lines in the file, then it should be created).
samba_charset "utf-8"
local_charset "CHARSET"
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(NOT RECOMMENDED)
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There is another way of configuring SMBNetFS. In this case libsmbclient
will use your local charset. As result you can't work with the files that
contains characters which have no equivalent in your local charset.
1) Copy file "/etc/samba/smb.conf" to "~/.smb" directory (if there is no
such directory, then it should be created first).
mkdir -p ~/.smb
cp /etc/samba/smb.conf ~/.smb/smb.conf
2) Find and replace the values of “unix charset”, “display charset” and
“dos charset” in the file “~/.smb/smb.conf” according to values shown
below (if there are no such lines in the file, then it should be
created).
unix charset = LOCALE
display charset = LOCALE
dos charset = DOS_CHARSET
3) The file “~/.smb/smbnetfs.conf” should contain the following lines
(if there are no such lines in the file, then it should be created).
samba_charset "LOCALE"
local_charset "LOCALE"
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(NOT RECOMMENDED)
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There is a third way. You can use the internal encoding conversion of
libfuse library (require libfuse >= 2.5). In this case you will have the
same issue as above (you can't work with the files that contains
characters which have no equivalent in your local charset) and also you
may not see the samba shares that have national characters in their names.
Just run SMBNetFS with the following command (it is assumed here what
libsmbclient use SAMBA_CHARSET for their work)
smbnetfs -o modules=iconv,from_code=SAMBA_CHARSET,to_code=CHARSET mountpoint
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Q4: It's takes a lot of time for KDE (gnome terminal) to show
group/computers/shares list. What can I do for it ?
A4: It's most likely that the problem can be solved with the help of
“stat_workaround_depth” configuration parameter (read the detailed
description in conf/smbnetfs.conf file of SMBNetFS distribution).
In short: try to setup “stat_workaround_depth” to the value of 3 or above.
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Q5: I have a problem, what should I do ?
A5: It's quite often that the cause of errors is the samba and/or SMBNetFS
misconfiguration. To understand the cause of the error, set the value of
“smbnetfs_debug” to 5, 6 or 7 (also it maybe useful to setup
“smb_query_browsers” to false) and run “smbnetfs” with an additional
option "-d". Repeat your steps to reproduce the error. Examine the debug
information and try to fix the error by yourself. If it does not help,
try to contact with the author (please do not forget the debug output).
Examples of collecting debug information:
smbnetfs -d -o smbnetfs_debug=7 mountpoint | tee -o smbnetfs.log
smbnetfs -d -o smbnetfs_debug=7,smb_query_browsers=false mountpoint | tee -o smbnetfs.log
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