cifs syntax error in grub.cfg

[Philippe Odent]

Hi everyone,

Our config:
Clonezilla Live 2.2.1.25
Samba server: W2008 R2

the following syntax works well but we need to type the pwd during the unatteded install:
ocs_prerun3="mount -t cifs -o user=philippe //192.168.0.251/Salles/Tourcoing /home/partimag"

This one defintively does not work at all:
ocs_prerun3="mount -t cifs -o user=philippe,password=xxxx //192.168.0.251/Salles/Tourcoing /home/partimag"

Error message during batch execution:
/tmp/cmdtmp.UpwTzA: line 1: -t: command not found

We've tried various syntax like password="xxx" or pwd=xxx or password='xxx' or pwd='xxx' or comma between username and password......with no luck...

Any help would be greatly appreciated...
Philippe

[Philippe Odent]

FYI the same command "mount -t cifs -o user=philippe,password=xxxx //192.168.0.251/Salles/Tourcoing /home/partimag" is actually doing the job when typed in the command prompt but absolutely not functional as a prerun in grub.cfg

I suggest to modify the official Clonezilla Live doc chapter 3 to reflect this bug
http://clonezilla.org/fine-print-live-doc.php?path=./clonezilla-live/doc/05_Preseed_options_to_do_job_after_booting/01-preseed-options.doc

[Steven Shiau]

Did you try testing Clonezilla live, e.g.
alternative testing releases -
20140318-saucy
20140318-trusty
or
testing releases - 2.2.2-26
Some improvements about ocs_prerun parameters have been done.

Steven.

[Philippe Odent]

Not yet but found a workaround by downloading a script file somewhere in our network
ocs_prerun2="wget http://...../script.txt"

then execute this script
ocs_prerun3="script.txt"

this script contains the command line

/bin/bash

mount -t cifs -o user=philippe,password=xxxx //192.168.0.251/Salles/Tourcoing /home/partimag

and other commands Clonezilla is not able to manage in grug.cfg

All my best,
Phil

[Leandro Paulin]

Hello,

I'm having the same problem "/tmp/cmdtmp.xxxxx: line 1: -t: command not found".

in my grub file there is:
ocs_live_batch=no ocs_prerun1="mount -t cifs //192.168.10.10/Matriz/Imagens/Clonezilla /home/partimag -o user=user1,password=pass2,sec=ntlm" ocs_live_run="ocs-sr -q2 -c -j2 -rm-win-swap-hib -z1p -i 700 -p true savedisk ask_user sda" ocs_live_extra_param=""

I've tried in different Clonezilla versions:
- 20140630-trusty-amd64
- 20140812-trusty-amd64
- 20140812-utopic-amd64

All versions have the same error in ocs_prerun1. One way that it worked was using sudo in the mount command. the changed command is:
ocs_prerun1="sudo mount -t cifs //192.168.10.10/Matriz/Imagens/Clonezilla /home/partimag -o user=user1,password=pass2,sec=ntlm"

Do we have to use sudo in clonezilla with grub? I have the same commands in syslinux (BIOS Legacy computers) and they work without sudo.

thanks,

[Fuchs]

If I remember rightly:
The standard form of the mount command is
mount -t type device dir
mount [-fnrsvw] [-t vfstype] [-o options] device dir

(You can look for 'man mount')

[Leandro Paulin]

I've been using the same mount command for years in BIOS Legacy computers (syslinux) withou any problem.
Now I've started to use clonezilla in UEFI computer (grub) and the mount command only works if I use sudo in the command line.

I've tried 20140630-trusty-amd64 in syslinux and the mount (without sudo) works, but in grub the mount command doesn't work.

[Fuchs]

Thank you for your reply.
The development goes on.
Sudo is a simple method.
More and more Authorization rules are defined. These are quite complicated.
(E.g. org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1.service, http://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/PolicyKit)
It's often difficult to find the right method.

[Suncatcher]

Assing ver=2.0 after user=user1,password=pass2 helped me.