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[SystemRescueCD] Couple of issues

Hello

I'm trying SRCD to recover files from a broken Windows host, but have a couple of issues:

1. Right after starting the computer off a USB keydrive, I hit TAB and added the following option… which are ignored:

Code:

setkmap=fr rootpass=test

A little later during the bootup procedure, I was prompted for the keyboard layout. And when I tried connecting to the SSH server over the network, using "test" as the password didn't work.

2. I'd like to read files from the drive from a remote Windows host, so configured Samba:

/etc/samba/smb.conf

Code:

[share]

comment = Old drive

path = /mnt/sda1

browsable = yes

guest ok = yes

read only = yes

Next, I launched Samba with "/etc/init.d/samba start", and checked that the daemons were running using "netstat -tunlp".

But for some reason, the host isn't listed in Windows Explorer on the remote host.

Any idea what I'm doing wrong?

Thank you.

Quote:

Originally Posted by littlebigman (Post 5686000)

I'm trying SRCD to recover files from a broken Windows host, but have a couple of issues:

1. Right after starting the computer off a USB keydrive, I hit TAB and added the following option… which are ignored:

Code:

setkmap=fr rootpass=test

Look at that line more carefully. You'll see there are two alternatives separated by "--". The first boots "rescue64", and if that fails the "rescue32" in the second alternative is used as a fallback. If you add "setkmap=fr ..." at the end of the line, it doesn't affect that first alternative.

Try changing the workgroup name to match your network in your smb.conf

You also need to add a root samba password and since there isn't smbpasswd command you need to use pdbedit.
pdbedit -a -u root

Thanks for the tips.

The workgroup name was OK. With "guest ok", I can share a directory read-only without adding a Samba user because it will use the default "nobody"; You just need to make sure the shared directory is chowned to "nobody".

Here's the smb.conf:

Code:

[global]

workgroup = WORKGROUP

netbios name = LINUX



security = user

map to guest = Bad User



hosts allow = 127.0.0.1 192.168.0.0/24

hosts deny = 0.0.0.0/0



log level = 2



;Important for network browsing

wins support = yes

local master = yes

preferred master = yes

domain master = yes

os level = 255



;to solve the "WINS server 127.0.0.1 timed out registering IP" message

interfaces = 192.168.0.1/255.255.255.0 127.0.0.1/255.255.255.255

bind interfaces only = yes



;this avoids needless errors in the logs if you have no printer

printcap name = /dev/null

load printers = no

printing = bsd



[myshare]

path = /usr/share/myshare

guest ok = yes

writeable=yes

browseable=yes

I still have to find if SRCD can save changes between reboots (keyboard layout, smb.conf, etc.), or if I need to build a custom ISO just for this.