Working with remote directories

If you want to have a shared archive folder with your group the following instructions for the setup of a remote folder might be helpful.

Prerequisites:

• A directory that is remotely saved

• All group members are allowed to mount this folder via SMB

• All members have read/write access to the folder

First Setup

Linux

1. Create a smb-credentials file:

   nano ~/.smbcredentials_specatalog
   

Fill the file with your access data for the remote folder:

username=usrname
password=%%%%

2. Change the visibility:

   chmod 600 ~/.smbcredentials_sr_nas
   

3. Create a new folder as a mount point:

   mkdir ~/tmp_archive_mount
   

4. Add an entry to the /etc/fstab:

   //sr-nas.pc.intra.uni-freiburg.de/group/archive_specatalog  /home/USER/tmp_archive_mount  cifs  credentials=/home/USER/.smbcredentials_specatalog,vers=3.0,uid=1000,gid=1000,user,noauto,_netdev  0  0
   

(You can find your uid/gid by typing id to your terminal)

5. Reload fstab:

   systemctl daemon-reload
   

6. Test mounting the remote folder:

   mount ~/tmp_archive_mount
   umount ~/tmp_archive_mount
   

7. Open the defaults-file

   nano ~/.specatalog/defaults.json
   

   and add:

   "mount_point" : /home/USER/tmp_archive_mount
   

   The base_path should be a local folder on your system.

Windows

1. Add your access data to the remote folder:

   cmdkey /add:sr-nas.pc.intra.uni-freiburg.de /user:usrname /pass:%%%%
   

2. Test mounting the remote folder:

   use P: \\sr-nas.pc.intra.uni-freiburg.de\group\archive_specatalog /persistent:no
   
   net use P: /delete
   

3. Open the defaults-file in an editor

   ~/.specatalog/defaults.json
   

   and add:

   "mount_point" :  "\\\\sr-nas.pc.intra.uni-freiburg.de\\group\\archive_specatalog"
   

   The base_path should be a local folder on your system.

New commands

You can now snchronise your local directory with the remote folder via the CLI-commands:

specatalog-sync-download
specatalog-sync-upload

Caution

Before you run specatalog-sync-upload for the first time make sure that you have downloaded the remote folder before (specatalog-sync-download) Otherwise the remote folder will be overwritten by your (empty) local folder!