SAMBA issue

[macamba]

I just installed Proxmox 1.9 and added the SAMBA package (via lenny-backports) to this host.
I defined shares on the host and they are all accessible via my Windows systems and multimedia appliances in my home.

I also whant to access these shares on the host from a Debian 6 install in a OpenVZ container, but I always get an error message in the OpenVZ guest. Steps followed:
1) I created a mount directory in the guest: mkdir /media/data3
2) Added the SAMBA share to /etc/fstab on the guest: //192.168.0.100/data3 /media/data3 smbfs username=root,password=xxxx 0 0
3) Issue a: mount -a
4) Results in the following error:
mount error: cifs filesystem not supported by the system
mount error(19): No such device
Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g. man mount cifs)

I tried to use CIFS as filesystem type in /etc/fstab instead of smbfs but still the same error. I also tried installing SAMBA package, CIFS-utils, and smbfs package in the guest system. But no luck! Any suggestions?

Macamba

 

[tom]

see http://forum.openvz.org/index.php?t=msg&th=923&goto=4994&#msg_4994

 

[macamba]

You are rely amazing responding so quickly! My compliments!
I read the OpenVZ post. Do I conclude correctly that if SAMBA server is installed on the Proxmox 1.9 host I can skip the first step of the following two:
1) mount -t cifs //192.168.1.30/test /mn
2) mount --bind /mn /vz/root/101/mn

And is /vz/root/ equivalent to /var/lib/vz/root on Proxmox?

 

[tom]

you need to mount such thing on the host and make it available in the container via bind mounts. see also http://wiki.openvz.org/Bind_mounts, also search this forum.

 

[macamba]

For the people also searching for a solution, this worked for me, two options:
1) Manually: bind a directory on the host (a local dir or SAMBA share defined on host) to OpenVZ container: i.e. mount --bind /media/data3 /var/lib/vz/root/151/media/data3 (step to be executed on the host)
2) Automatically (step to be executed on the host): script to bind a directory on the host (a local dir or SAMBA share defined on host) to OpenVZ container:
A. Create <container_id>.mount script in /etc/vz/conf, i.e. 151.mount (with nano or vi)
B. Content script:
#!/bin/sh
mount -n --bind /media/data2 /var/lib/vz/root/151/media/data2
mount -n --bind /media/data3 /var/lib/vz/root/151/media/data3
C. make the 151.mount executable

For more info: http://forum.openvz.org/index.php?t=msg&goto=27003&

 

[aghira]

I just installed Proxmox 1.9 and added the SAMBA package (via lenny-backports) to this host.

Hello, this is my first post on this forum Great software guys!

So back on topic: can you please describe how you managed to install from lenny-backports? I'm trying the whole morning but the best I get is

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
samba: Depends: samba-common (= 2:3.5.6~dfsg-3~bpo50+1) but 2:3.2.5-4lenny15 i s to be installed
Depends: libwbclient0 (= 2:3.5.6~dfsg-3~bpo50+1) but 2:3.2.5-4lenny15 i s to be installed
E: Broken packages

Thanks!
Cheers.

 

[tom]

you also need to install listed other related packages from lenny-backports.

 

[aghira]

you also need to install listed other related packages from lenny-backports.

Hi tom. Thanks. Now it worked.

I also tried before asking but I think I messed up with the repositories so it didn work then.