Just a simple reminder how to use the WD MyBook WE with Linux properly.

sudo aptitude install smbfs
sudo mkdir /media/sharename
sudo vim /etc/nsswitch.conf


change

hosts: files dns


to read

hosts: files wins dns


sudo aptitude install winbind


Manually mounting MyBookWorld on Ubuntu

sudo mount -t cifs //MyBookWorld/PUBLIC /media/mybook -o username="MOUNTER",password="mount",iocharset=utf8,uid=jim,guid=jim,rw,noperm

With any editor, create a file containing your Windows/Samba user account details:

gksu gedit /etc/samba/user

... it should contain two lines as follows:

username=samba_user
password=samba_user_password

Note: "samba_user" = the user name on the samba server (may be different from your log-in name on the client). "samba_user_password" is the password you assigned to the samba_user on the samba server.

Save the file and exit gedit.

Change the permissions on the file for security:

sudo chmod 0400 /etc/samba/user # permissions of 0400 = read only

Now create a directory where you want to mount your share (e.g. /media/samba_share):

sudo mkdir /media/samba_share

Now, using any editor, and add a line to /etc/fstab for your SMB share as follows:

sudo cp /etc/fstab /etc/fstab.bak
gksu gedit /etc/fstab

and in fstab...

//MyBookWorld/PUBLIC /media/mybook cifs credentials=/etc/samba/user,noexec,iocharset=utf8,uid=jim,guid=jim,rw,noperm