Ubuntu Linux 24.04 and NFS Mount issue

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alisam

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#315421 15-Jul-2024 09:20

On an old NUC I wiped Windows 10 and installed Ububtu 24.04.

I use Moneydance for my home accounts. The data and backups are on a Synology NAS in 2 separate shared folders.

To access these 2 folders is easy under windows.

Whilst I have dabbled with Linux Mint, I see that Ubuntu no longer needs a third-party app for OneDrive and I have set this up.

All my knowledge comes from internet searches, but I am familiar with basic Linux commands e.g. mkdir, chmod etc.

So I have used NFS to access the shared folders and these 2 commands will allow me access the data:

sudo mount 192.168.1.11:volume1/"Moneydance Data" /mnt/Moneydance_data
sudo mount 192.168.1.11:volume1/"Moneydance Backup" /mnt/Moneydance_backups

Now I am trying to allow a boot to set up the above commands.

I have tried in /etc/fstab (only 1 to start with)

192.168.1.11:volume1/"Moneydance Data" /mnt/Moneydance_data nfs defaults 0 0

But the data is not visible.

I realise the spaces in the shared folders are a problem which with further work I can rectify, but will have to re-point my windows machines to the new shared folders.

PS I read I could use NFS or SMB but decided on NFS after reading pros and cons.

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Yoban

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#3259646 15-Jul-2024 11:12

Hi there - Have you exported the drives?

Being a DIYer myself, I have used this tutorial in the past How To Set Up an NFS Mount on Ubuntu 22.04 | DigitalOcean

Bee

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#3259649 15-Jul-2024 11:23

does

sudo mount -av

give you any clues?

Hopefully someone else will be able to help, otherwise I'll compare it to my set up when I get home today.

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#3259656 15-Jul-2024 11:51

A quick targetted google search suggests that /etc/fstab won't parse spaces inside quotes as you'd expect (which doesn't surprise me in the least).

The suggested way forward was to replace spaces with the sequence "\040", i.e. a zero-padded octal representation of the ascii code for space.

So, try:

192.168.1.11:volume1/Moneydance\040Data /mnt/Moneydance_data nfs defaults 0 0

(ref: https://superuser.com/questions/527495/how-to-mount-partition-with-spaces-in-path)

alisam

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#3259795 15-Jul-2024 14:09

jamesrt:

A quick targetted google search suggests that /etc/fstab won't parse spaces inside quotes as you'd expect (which doesn't surprise me in the least).

The suggested way forward was to replace spaces with the sequence "\040", i.e. a zero-padded octal representation of the ascii code for space.

So, try:

192.168.1.11:volume1/Moneydance\040Data /mnt/Moneydance_data nfs defaults 0 0

(ref: https://superuser.com/questions/527495/how-to-mount-partition-with-spaces-in-path)

Thank you. This does work.

PS Still have a minor problem with Permissions so will need to try and resolve or post again.

alisam

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#3259808 15-Jul-2024 14:54

Moneydance will open the data file. I can add a transaction, shutdown Moneydance and on re-opening the transaction is there. So all is OK with 'Moneydata_data' syncing with the NAS.

But I cannot set the backups directory to "/mnt/Moneydance_backups".

Moneydance says "Error: Backup location must be writable'. I have played around with User and Group permissions and am left with.

alisam@UBUNTU:/$ cd mnt
alisam@UBUNTU:/mnt$ ls -la
total 16
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Jul 15 14:01 .
drwxr-xr-x 23 root root 4096 Jul 14 05:50 ..
drwxrwxrwx 4 nobody nogroup 4096 Jul 15 14:04 Moneydance_backups
drwxrwxrwx 6 nobody nogroup 4096 Jul 15 14:03 Moneydance_data

alisam@UBUNTU:/mnt$ cd Moneydance_backups

alisam@UBUNTU:/mnt/Moneydance_backups$ ls -la
total 914404
drwxrwxrwx 4 nobody nogroup 4096 Jul 15 14:04 .
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Jul 15 14:01 ..
-rwxrwxrwx 1 nobody nogroup 71207522 Jun 27 17:09 123.2024-06-27-170840.moneydancearchive
-rwxrwxrwx 1 nobody nogroup 71212025 Jun 29 05:53 123.2024-06-29-055235.moneydancearchive
-rwxrwxrwx 1 nobody nogroup 71214318 Jun 30 10:21 123.2024-06-30-102043.moneydancearchive
-rwxrwxrwx 1 nobody nogroup 65585686 Jul 1 14:48 123.2024-07-01-144748.moneydancearchive
-rwxrwxrwx 1 nobody nogroup 65673581 Jul 2 12:14 123.2024-07-02-121008.moneydancearchive
-rwxrwxrwx 1 nobody nogroup 65696807 Jul 5 17:17 123.2024-07-05-171628.moneydancearchive
-rwxrwxrwx 1 nobody nogroup 65702035 Jul 5 17:24 123.2024-07-05-172352.moneydancearchive
-rwxrwxrwx 1 nobody nogroup 65704746 Jul 5 17:32 123.2024-07-05-173157.moneydancearchive
-rwxrwxrwx 1 nobody nogroup 65705345 Jul 5 17:40 123.2024-07-05-173945.moneydancearchive
-rwxrwxrwx 1 nobody nogroup 65711449 Jul 8 17:02 123.2024-07-08-170119.moneydancearchive
-rwxrwxrwx 1 nobody nogroup 65715753 Jul 11 06:40 123.2024-07-11-064031.moneydancearchive
-rwxrwxrwx 1 nobody nogroup 65716695 Jul 11 08:54 123.2024-07-11-085313.moneydancearchive
-rwxrwxrwx 1 nobody nogroup 65722163 Jul 12 14:50 123.2024-07-12-144930.moneydancearchive
-rwxrwxrwx 1 nobody nogroup 65725862 Jul 13 10:39 123.2024-07-13-103901.moneydancearchive
-rw-rw-r-- 1 alisam alisam 0 Jul 15 14:04 junk.txt
drwxrwxrwx 2 alisam alisam 4096 Jul 13 10:39 '#recycle'

Note:

I used 'touch' to write 'junk.txt', just to make sure I could write into the folder.

I read 'nobody nogoup' in some NFS installation instructions.

I have since 'rm' junk.txt and '123.2024-06-27-170840.moneydancearchive' just to prove I have permission.

alisam

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#3260296 16-Jul-2024 14:00

I did make another post outlining why I set the answer.

I can't see it, but no problems.

But I have now tried samba (because I couldn't solve the NFS permission issues). Now I have another set of issues with samba. I think I am nearly there and will have to create a new Topic to ask for samba help.

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alisam

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#3260318 16-Jul-2024 14:56

Finally achieved what I wanted using samba.

UBUNTU boots and I can see my data and backups in a single share using SMB.

I can open Moneydance and on exiting it will save a backup.

I doubt I will ever be able to re-produce this, so sorry if you are a novice and need help.

It's a steep learning curve learning CFS and/or Samba. Using a Synology NAS makes it easier on the Server side.