[quote=“S-F, post:17, topic:176822”]I’m having some trouble getting this functionality up and running. I seem to have been able to get all of the packages installed. I make the directory at the root (I called it nas like in the earlier description for no good reason other than it was there in front of me) and I created a corresponding directory on my file server. When I try to mount it I get this error message:
Command 'mount -t cifs -o user=XXXXXXXX,pass=XXXXXXXX //192.168.1.110/Colin/nas'
failed with return code 1 and error message
mount: can't read '/etc/fstab': No such file or directory.
I’m doing this all through WinSCP for the record.
Can anyone shed any light on this?[/quote]
Looking at your code line above and reading the first posting of this thread you are missing your target.
Keep in mind that a mount done via the command line will be lost during a restart, therefore to ensure it is mounted again for DataMine to use make sure the detail are listed in the plugin itself,
Ok, this is what I did hopefully it will work for others.
The following assumes you’ve installed the required CIFS packages
First I needed some confidence that the mount process and commands I was going to use would work, So I first logged onto my Veralite via SSH and then created the target mount directory and then I run the mount command to see if it works.
a) I did this because it tells me if it will mount correctly when DataMine does it - plus you’ll see error if not and these will help you troubleshoot.
b) one mapped i can check I have access to the share on the NAS and I can see the files and check the permissions if needed
To do this I did the following at the command line, I typed …
cd /
mkdir /nas
mount -t cifs -o user=username,pass=password,nounix,noserverino //192.168.1.101/backup /nas
This created a new directory on Vera called /nas which the mount command converts to what I guess is a shortcut to my NAS so I could access/see all my files.
As the mount is removed after each restart you need to put these details into DataMine as it will remount it for you after any restart.
On the target share on your NAS I then placed all the DataMine config files I originally had in the auSB key so that the app knows what to watch/capture.
that worked perfectly for me. add the mount/cifs info into dataMine, rebooted and it connects subsequently and writes data
thanks a lot! plus I free up a USB port
I’m sure you have done this, but Google is your friend and can help you out when you get errors.
I posted the following in a link that was listed earlier in this thread…
[quote=“parkerc, post:28, topic:175444”]UPDATE - surfing the net I can across some posts that had the same issue as me when I tried to do a ls command whilst in the new NAS share (Error was - “can’t open ‘.’: Value too large for defined data type”)
They suggested you add nounix,noserverino to the mount options, making it.
mount -t cifs -o user=admin,pass=Password,nounix,noserverino //192.168.1.101/backup /nas
So i did this and I can now do a ls call on Vera and it will show ma all the Datamine files on my NAS share and i can also do a mkdir and create files too.
Checking what Vera see as the target files permissions they see this.
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 25623 Aug 25 23:59 dataMineConfig.json
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Now that worked for me, have you tried a simple mount command like @Pseudomiser suggested earlier - or maybe try it with unix instead nounix and serverino instead of noserverineo ?
You’ll find some good resources on the net that will suggest commands to mount a CIFS share, as they can be specific to the device/share you are trying to mount.
It’s not surviving a reboot for me. I can mount the folder every time via the cmd but for some reason the settings I have in dataMine aren’t doing the trick.
The only thing missing from the screenshot is SetMountOptions, which is mount -t cifs -o user=XXXX,pass=XXXX,nounix,noserverino
@ All. I made a “newbie” manual. It’s working for me now!
Hope this helps other people. Once again. I am not repsonsible for any damage. Use at your own risk. I am not an expert and only copy pasted eveything from the forum into 1 document that I needed to make it work.
This works greate.Followed the PDF manual and now i?m logging to my NAS.
Do i have to configure DataMine again.I have 0 channels.
How can i keep my old settings in datamine.Is it possible to transfer my old data and settings from USB stick?
I tried to copy the database folder from USB stick to the new DataMine folder on NAS but that didn’t work.
Any suggestions.
Update:
Got it to work.
Started all over again
Configured dataMine back to USB logging,and deleted all files in NAS folder.
Then I copied all files back to NAS folder from USB stick.
Configured dataMine for NAS logging again and then it works…
I’d like to set this up on my NAS, which is a 32gb flash drive plugged into my router’s USB. The router configures this flash drive as a share drive (NAS). Do you all think I cam use this one for my cifs mount??
