[HowTo] Part One - WL-500g Premium

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04-09-2006, 14:02
r0kanon

Houston how do you check for samba working?

The thing is - it is started like this:

Code:

/usr/sbin/smbd -D -l /opt/var/log/smbd.log -s /opt/etc/samba/smb.conf

So what you do after you try to start samba manually - with the line above - is:

Code:

ps | grep mbd

- it will show you if smbd is running or not

Code:

tail -n 20 /opt/var/log/smbd.log

- the last 20 lines of samab logfile may tell you why it was unable to start up. I remember veguely that it did not like hostname not set. But check what is your case

My samba is working with opts I gave in the tutorial, so perhaps you want to take a look at your conf file and post it (w/o sensitive info) - if you don't have luck with the steps above.
08-09-2006, 02:20
Egres

ctorrent help

:confused: how to open ports for ctorrent in the firewall and what are the best ports to use :confused:
10-09-2006, 22:05
Houston

I realy don't know... st. is wrong but i don't know what...
After manual start no log appears:

]$ tail -n 20 /opt/var/log/smbd.log
tail: /opt/var/log/smbd.log: No such file or directory
tail: no files

But when I send

Code:

/usr/sbin/smbd -D -l /opt/var/log/smbd.log -s /opt/etc/samba/smb.conf

any error is written and mbd proces is also runnig.

Any new idea, please?

Quote:

Originally Posted by r0kanon

The thing is - it is started like this:

Code:

/usr/sbin/smbd -D -l /opt/var/log/smbd.log -s /opt/etc/samba/smb.conf

So what you do after you try to start samba manually - with the line above - is:

Code:

ps | grep mbd

- it will show you if smbd is running or not

Code:

tail -n 20 /opt/var/log/smbd.log

- the last 20 lines of samab logfile may tell you why it was unable to start up. I remember veguely that it did not like hostname not set. But check what is your case

My samba is working with opts I gave in the tutorial, so perhaps you want to take a look at your conf file and post it (w/o sensitive info) - if you don't have luck with the steps above.
10-09-2006, 22:20
Houston

I added dir "log" and logs started to log ;-)
so...

Code:

[2006/09/10 23:12:43, 0] lib/util_sock.c:open_socket_in(826) Get_Hostbyname: Unknown host ASUS

Quote:

Originally Posted by Houston

I realy don't know... st. is wrong but i don't know what...
After manual start no log appears:

]$ tail -n 20 /opt/var/log/smbd.log
tail: /opt/var/log/smbd.log: No such file or directory
tail: no files

But when I send

Code:

/usr/sbin/smbd -D -l /opt/var/log/smbd.log -s /opt/etc/samba/smb.conf

any error is written and mbd proces is also runnig.

Any new idea, please?
11-09-2006, 16:40
r0kanon

SAMBA and hostname

Yes, you need to set your hostname in any of the startup scripts. It is done

Code:

hostname yourhostname
11-09-2006, 23:45
Houston

i hope i done that before...

i have got

hostname ASUS
in
/usr/local/sbin/post-boot

and now this one is in log:

Code:

[2006/09/12 00:26:32, 0] lib/util_sock.c:open_socket_in(826) Get_Hostbyname: Unknown host ASUS

i have to setup host name somewhere else?

i think it's set here...
i have also

Code:

workgroup = SOME_WORKGROUP server string = ASUS

in smb.conf

may be the reason is somewhere alse but where :-(

Quote:

Originally Posted by r0kanon

Yes, you need to set your hostname in any of the startup scripts. It is done

Code:

hostname yourhostname
13-09-2006, 08:56
r0kanon

gethostbyname

Yes this is a bit difficult as I do not know how exactly gethostbyname() gets the hostname. I don't have to deal with that because my hostname is on DNS. I guess what you could try first to substitute DNS lookup is to enter your hostname in the /etc/hosts file.

Code:

ip.adr.nume.rical your host name - same as set by the command

of course for that to work automatically you have to add the line in your /usrl/local/sbin/post-boot

Code:

echo "ip.adr.nume.rical your_host_name" >> /etc/hosts

Hopefully this will work, other wise something else could be looked at. I have heard that this works if in smb.conf file

Code:

dns proxy = yes

Let me know if this works
14-09-2006, 19:54
WVR

Isn't the correct way to set the hostname via the web interface?
This sets an nvram variable, which works for me

#nvram show | grep lan_hostname
..
lan_hostname=MyAsus
#hostname
MyAsus

NB I haven't set the hostname in any script..

You can have a different netbios name for windows shares in the smb.conf, e.g

[global]
netbios name = mystorage

Then you can access this with \\mystorage
15-09-2006, 20:02
Houston

Thank You for all your helps. But still any progress :(
hostname is set to "ASUS"
I set it in smb.conf

Code:

#nvram show | grep lan_hostname lan_hostname= <=== nothing is here where i can set it? not in webgui neither in smb.conf... so where?

I tried to set netbios name and dns proxy also

and

Code:

#cat /etc/hosts ... 192.168.2.1 my.router my.WL500gp

but I didn't set this.

I'll try to set all firmware from begining again... then i'll send my result.

Quote:

Originally Posted by WVR

Isn't the correct way to set the hostname via the web interface?
This sets an nvram variable, which works for me

#nvram show | grep lan_hostname
..
lan_hostname=MyAsus
#hostname
MyAsus

NB I haven't set the hostname in any script..

You can have a different netbios name for windows shares in the smb.conf, e.g

[global]
netbios name = mystorage

Then you can access this with \\mystorage
15-09-2006, 21:39
WVR

Well on my web gui, On lefthand menu:
IP Config -> LAN
Then get box "Host Name:"
When you hover over it says
"This field allows you to provide a
LAN hostname for
WL500g.deluxe"

Or you could set the value directly in the nvram
nvram set lan_hostname=MyHostName

If you do it this way, don't forget to save the nvram ...
nvram commit
27-09-2006, 17:32
r0kanon

gethostbyname

Houston - do you have the line in your smb.conf that says

dns proxy = no

?
01-10-2006, 18:00
paxcer

Hello everybody!

I have flashed my WL500gP just 2 days ago with Oleg's pre7. I've configured it according to marcnesium's and r0kanon's tutorials (by the way, great job guys).

However I have expierienced the same problem with SAMBA as it was already posted here. Nevertheless I found a solution. As you have pointed out the problem was hostname. In marcnesium's tutorial there was this piece of code:

Code:

#!/bin/sh /usr/sbin/smbd -D -l /opt/var/log/smbd.log -s /opt/etc/samba/smb.conf /usr/sbin/nmbd -D -n myasus -o -l /tmp -s /opt/etc/samba/smb.conf

to put into the /opt/etc/init.d/S97Samba file.
As you the "myasus" in the third line is actually your hostname. So what I have done, was just changing "myasus" to "WL500gP" (the hostname I have set in all other files) in S97Samba. After reboot the Samba was working just perfect. I've mapped a network drive under windows and now I can browse, add and remove files.
By the way, I know so very little about linux, so don't laugh if I've written something lame :)
25-12-2006, 02:18
k.mooijman

FTP And Samba not working

Hello everybody

I followed the howto and got most of the commands in with no error but now i can't get ftp acsess nor samba .
i can mound the disk and browse it withe putty but i have no acsess from my computer

samba is running

Code:

[admin@AsusWL500gP smbshare]$ ps PID Uid VmSize Stat Command 1 admin 660 S /sbin/init 2 admin SW [keventd] 3 admin SWN [ksoftirqd_CPU0] 4 admin SW [kswapd] 5 admin SW [bdflush] 6 admin SW [kupdated] 7 admin SW [mtdblockd] 57 admin 308 S telnetd 62 admin 396 S httpd vlan1 65 admin 524 S nas /tmp/nas.lan.conf /tmp/nas.lan.pid lan 69 admin 364 S klogd 70 nobody 488 S dnsmasq 71 admin 396 S syslogd -m 0 -O /tmp/syslog.log -S -l 7 72 admin SW [khubd] 81 admin 276 S lpd 83 admin 260 S p9100d -f /dev/usb/lp0 0 86 admin 340 S waveservermain 89 admin 344 S rcamdmain 93 admin SW [usb-storage-0] 94 admin SW [scsi_eh_0] 100 admin 320 S infosvr br0 101 admin 456 S watchdog 103 admin 340 S ntp 116 admin 436 S dropbear 120 admin SW [kjournald] 129 admin 432 S udhcpc -i vlan1 -p /var/run/udhcpc0.pid -s /tmp/udhcpc 136 admin 408 S /opt/sbin/cron 145 admin 1008 S /usr/sbin/smbd -D -l /opt/var/log/smbd.log -s /opt/etc/samba/smb.conf 147 admin 984 S /usr/sbin/nmbd -D -n myasus -o -l /tmp -s /opt/etc/samba/smb.conf 174 admin 452 S upnp -D -L br0 -W vlan1 184 admin 744 S dropbear 185 admin 572 S -sh 197 admin 316 T cat 262 admin 412 R ps

can someone help me??
thx
02-01-2007, 01:32
Melicous

mke2fs beeing terminated

I had a problem but I fixed it

when you format your hdd for the data bit you may get:

Code:

Writing inode tables: Terminated

If so first format your swap partition (shoudn't take long) then just activate it :

Code:

mkswap /dev/discs/disc0/partx swapon /dev/discs/disc0/partx

x beeing your swap partition (in this tut its 2)

then do

Code:

mke2fs -j /dev/discs/disc0/party

y beeing your data partition (in this tut its 1) -L0L party :P-

there you go problem solved
04-01-2007, 00:09
africamagical

im doing fine untill the ipkg setup,

when i type:
mkdir /opt/tmp

I get the following error:
mkdir: cannot create directory '/opt/tmp' :Read-only file system

any help is appreciated, i neeeed to get the ctorrent working as the asus download manager blows

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