Cannot use network shares in linux

[protocorp77]

hi i just installed linux on my server and i would like to use freefilesync to perform backups of my windows machine but when i click browse on the source i cannot see a way to access my network shares

i have tried typing manually smb://******

but that doesn't work either how can i access my network shares to setup and use one to sync with on linux


I am using ubuntu server with lubuntu GUI installed

[petrovski80]

You need to mount the smb share first: http://cri.ch/linux/docs/sk0001.html

[protocorp77]

I got the drive mount i had to use a different guide as this one was not working for me but now i have another issue where i cannot change the permissions of the folder so i get this error

Cannot Set Directory Lock for /mnt/stuff

Cannot write file /mnt/stuff/sync.ffs_lock

Error Code 13: Permission Denied

this happens when i press the compare button and when i try to sync

[petrovski80]

You probably mounted your share read-only. Remount in rw mode, apply permissions using chmod then remount normally.

[jhelebrant]

Hi,
any idea what am I doing wrong? I am able to mount my network drive (I replaced the IP with nines to not publish it here):

jan_helebrant@Latitude:~/Dokumenty$ sudo mount -t cifs //999.999.99.99/Public /media/jan_helebrant/QNAP_NAS -o user=jan.helebrant
Password for jan.helebrant@//999.999.99.99/Public:
jan_helebrant@Latitude:~/Dokumenty$

I previously set chmod 777 for the mount folder and set myself as owner but it looks like it is mounted with root as owner so Freefilesync gives the same error as Matt mentioned. I will try to find whether there is a way to give myself mount privileges too and will see.