Mounting a Windows File System from Linux

This procedure shows how simple scripts can be used in Sun Update Connection – Enterprise jobs to make everyday administration tasks fast and easy. This scenario uses samba to mount a Microsoft Windows directory (that is previously set to Shared on Windows) from a Linux file system.

To Mount a Windows Directory from a Linux Filesystem

1. Create a short script called mntWinSamba.sh that turns on samba and runs the command to mount the directory.

   #! /bin/bash user=linuxuser pass=passwd4user wincp=//win_hostname winpath=/win_directory linuxpath=/linux_mntdir fstab_line=$wincp$winpath /mnt$linuxpath smbfs username=$user,password=$pass 0 0 /etc/init.d/smb start echo $fstab_line >> /etc/fstab mount -a

2. Upload the script as a Local -> Post-Action -> mntWin.

   See Uploading Actions.

3. Create a profile that requires samba-client and mntWin.

   See To Create a Profile.

4. Make the profile applicable to all active distributions.

   See To Align Component Settings for Multiple Distributions.

5. Run a job on selected hosts that deploys the profile.

   See Creating Complex Jobs.