Network mount point within file system?

[Guest Simon]

Hi There,

 

Sorry if this is in the wrong discussion group... didnt quite know where it

fitted.

 

Is there a way to create a network mount point within the file system? (on

Windows 2003 R2 Server) I would like to mount a samba share that we have:

 

//devstaging/websites/www.website.co.nz/htdocs/

 

to:

 

C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\website\

 

Coming from a linux sysadmin backgound here :)

 

Thanks

 

Simon

[Guest Anteaus]

RE: Network mount point within file system?

 

Windows: Not sure. Never seen any way to do this, at least not on servers up

to 2003.

 

Linux: Yes, therefore one optoion is to make the Samba share the master and

the Windows one the subdirectory. The command you need is:

 

sudo mount -t cifs -o rw,username=user,password=password

//windowsserver/sharename /linuxshare/mountpoint

 

 

Alternatively, if this is a website, you can use folder-redirection on the

webserver to integrate the samba share into the webspace. This will not make

it a contiguous local share, but it will make it appear seamless to website

users.

 

 

"Simon" wrote:

> Hi There,

>

> Sorry if this is in the wrong discussion group... didnt quite know where it

> fitted.

>

> Is there a way to create a network mount point within the file system? (on

> Windows 2003 R2 Server) I would like to mount a samba share that we have:

>

> //devstaging/websites/www.website.co.nz/htdocs/

>

> to:

>

> C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\website\

>

> Coming from a linux sysadmin backgound here :)

>

> Thanks

>

> Simon

[Guest Simon]

RE: Network mount point within file system?

 

thanks for the reply.. ok. This server is a standalone server running on a

mixed network. How do i use folder redirection in this case?

 

"Anteaus" wrote:

> Windows: Not sure. Never seen any way to do this, at least not on servers up

> to 2003.

>

> Linux: Yes, therefore one optoion is to make the Samba share the master and

> the Windows one the subdirectory. The command you need is:

>

> sudo mount -t cifs -o rw,username=user,password=password

> //windowsserver/sharename /linuxshare/mountpoint

>

>

> Alternatively, if this is a website, you can use folder-redirection on the

> webserver to integrate the samba share into the webspace. This will not make

> it a contiguous local share, but it will make it appear seamless to website

> users.

>

>

> "Simon" wrote:

>

> > Hi There,

> >

> > Sorry if this is in the wrong discussion group... didnt quite know where it

> > fitted.

> >

> > Is there a way to create a network mount point within the file system? (on

> > Windows 2003 R2 Server) I would like to mount a samba share that we have:

> >

> > //devstaging/websites/www.website.co.nz/htdocs/

> >

> > to:

> >

> > C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\website\

> >

> > Coming from a linux sysadmin backgound here :)

> >

> > Thanks

> >

> > Simon

[Guest Anteaus]

RE: Network mount point within file system?

 

Assuming it's running IIS:

 

http://www.candsdesign.co.uk/articles/iis/redirect/folder-redirect/

 

"Simon" wrote:

> thanks for the reply.. ok. This server is a standalone server running on a

> mixed network. How do i use folder redirection in this case?

>

[Guest Michael A. Loginov]

Re: Network mount point within file system?

 

Seems like You'd like to use samba-share as the site folder for IIS site. If

I'm right, You can just tell Your IIS to store specified site content in

Your samba share.

 

 

On 04.09.08 1:28, in article

3C834980-50A8-41D6-ACA9-912E9B06E72F@microsoft.com, "Simon"

<Simon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> thanks for the reply.. ok. This server is a standalone server running on a

> mixed network. How do i use folder redirection in this case?

>

> "Anteaus" wrote:

>

>> Windows: Not sure. Never seen any way to do this, at least not on servers up

>> to 2003.

>>

>> Linux: Yes, therefore one optoion is to make the Samba share the master and

>> the Windows one the subdirectory. The command you need is:

>>

>> sudo mount -t cifs -o rw,username=user,password=password

>> //windowsserver/sharename /linuxshare/mountpoint

>>

>>

>> Alternatively, if this is a website, you can use folder-redirection on the

>> webserver to integrate the samba share into the webspace. This will not make

>> it a contiguous local share, but it will make it appear seamless to website

>> users.

>>

>>

>> "Simon" wrote:

>>

>>> Hi There,

>>>

>>> Sorry if this is in the wrong discussion group... didnt quite know where it

>>> fitted.

>>>

>>> Is there a way to create a network mount point within the file system? (on

>>> Windows 2003 R2 Server) I would like to mount a samba share that we have:

>>>

>>> //devstaging/websites/www.website.co.nz/htdocs/

>>>

>>> to:

>>>

>>> C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\website\

>>>

>>> Coming from a linux sysadmin backgound here :)

>>>

>>> Thanks

>>>

>>> Simon

 

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[Guest Simon]

Re: Network mount point within file system?

 

Hi Michael,

 

Yes - this is what i want todo.. But cant work out how this can be done...

Can you please outline the steps here?

 

Thanks

 

Simon

 

"Michael A. Loginov" wrote:

> Seems like You'd like to use samba-share as the site folder for IIS site. If

> I'm right, You can just tell Your IIS to store specified site content in

> Your samba share.

>

>

> On 04.09.08 1:28, in article

> 3C834980-50A8-41D6-ACA9-912E9B06E72F@microsoft.com, "Simon"

> <Simon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>

> > thanks for the reply.. ok. This server is a standalone server running on a

> > mixed network. How do i use folder redirection in this case?

> >

> > "Anteaus" wrote:

> >

> >> Windows: Not sure. Never seen any way to do this, at least not on servers up

> >> to 2003.

> >>

> >> Linux: Yes, therefore one optoion is to make the Samba share the master and

> >> the Windows one the subdirectory. The command you need is:

> >>

> >> sudo mount -t cifs -o rw,username=user,password=password

> >> //windowsserver/sharename /linuxshare/mountpoint

> >>

> >>

> >> Alternatively, if this is a website, you can use folder-redirection on the

> >> webserver to integrate the samba share into the webspace. This will not make

> >> it a contiguous local share, but it will make it appear seamless to website

> >> users.

> >>

> >>

> >> "Simon" wrote:

> >>

> >>> Hi There,

> >>>

> >>> Sorry if this is in the wrong discussion group... didnt quite know where it

> >>> fitted.

> >>>

> >>> Is there a way to create a network mount point within the file system? (on

> >>> Windows 2003 R2 Server) I would like to mount a samba share that we have:

> >>>

> >>> //devstaging/websites/www.website.co.nz/htdocs/

> >>>

> >>> to:

> >>>

> >>> C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\website\

> >>>

> >>> Coming from a linux sysadmin backgound here :)

> >>>

> >>> Thanks

> >>>

> >>> Simon

>

> --

> Я - лишь перила моста на стремительном потоке. Держись за меня, кто может за

> меня держаться; но вашим костылём не служу я!

>

> Zarathustra

>

> haudh@putniki.org

> http://putniki.org

>

>

[Guest Phillip Windell]

Re: Network mount point within file system?

 

"Simon" <Simon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:55730947-3159-45A9-8F49-BD7A4FD14ED9@microsoft.com...

> Hi Michael,

>

> Yes - this is what i want todo.. But cant work out how this can be done...

> Can you please outline the steps here?

>> Seems like You'd like to use samba-share as the site folder for IIS site.

>> If

>> I'm right, You can just tell Your IIS to store specified site content in

>> Your samba share.

 

Not sure, but you may have to duplicate the local "IUSR_<servername>"

account from the IIS box onto the Samba box and give it permissions to the

file system location. The password for the account is "unknown" and

randomly created by the OS,..so you will have to change it to something you

know first,...then duplicate it on the Samba box, then give it the correct

permissions. This is the account that the "web application" of the IIS Site

uses when it accesses files within the site. However in IIS if you create a

"new" Application to go with a Site or Virtual Folder or Folder, you can

create your own special account just for it and it works on the same

principle.

 

--

Phillip Windell

http://www.wandtv.com

 

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