For historical purposes only. This article covers an earlier version of MountTool, when it operated as an external add-on application. Since version 2.1, MountTool has been integrated into CalderaDock as a utility of the app. For more information, please refer to the dedicated article.
The Caldera MountTool is a tool that assists with the configuration of File-Sharing and access to remote Shares; Mount SMB/NFS remote Shares, Export SMB / NFS Shares, etc.
The following process has been made a lot easier with the Caldera Mount tool (GUI to do the same process as described below):
- You can get MountTool v1.8 by requesting it from the Support team.
- To install Mount Tool on Caldera Debian (2.x, 8.x, 9.x, 10), you need to decompress the file.
- We assume the file downloads into the /home/caldera/Downloads folder.
How to proceed
- Download Caldera Mount Tool
- Once saved, right-click on the zip file and select “Extract here”.
- Browse to the created subfolder
- Double-click on Install
It will ask for the admin password (caldera).
In Debian 2.x, after the installation finishes, the Mount Tool will appear in the Gnome Start menu > Internet section
In Debian 8.x, 9.x, 10, the Mount Tool will appear in the Applications > System tools > or Applications > Internet >
screenshot of the Spanish version:
Screenshot of the English version:
Applications > Internet >
When opened, the Mount Tool screen looks like this. It will ask for the admin password (caldera):
Before mounting a network share, you will need to know:
- IP address of the network share
- Credentials (Username and password) if enabled
- Windows or Mac OS share
To connect to a Windows or Mac OS based share (also known as a Samba share), use option 6 in case of Auto Mount or option 9 when using fstab.
Set up in Caldera
Now, direct from the CalderaRIP software graphical user interface (in this example, the IP address of the Windows share is 192.168.1.20)
Open FileMan, click on the network icon (the two staggered PC icons), open the smb folder, and now under location type (do not create a folder!):
Type 192.168.1.20 and hit Enter:
Now create a shortcut of the new mount, and whenever the shortcut is selected, the share will automatically mount.
Alternative old method to Automount
Browse to /mnt/smb
Then type the IP or name of the server (let's assume the IP address of the Windows box is 192.168.1.25). Don't create a directory, just enter the IP address.
Like /mnt/smb/192.168.1.25
If the Windows/Samba share requires a username and password, then create or modify one of the sample files with the same name as the IP or name of the server in:
/etc/auto.smb.credentials
To edit these files on an administrative level, you can use Caldera Tools (File Browser with administrative rights:
By right-clicking the file and opening it using one of the editors, it can be changed to reflect the username and password of the Windows share:
So, change in this example, caldera to the username and password you use. Then save the file with the name of the IP or hostname of the Windows shares.
At times, it's also required to specify the smb version in the auto.smb.credentials (usually when slow transfers are noticed).
Here is the mapping of the mount.cifs, smb.conf and Windows protocol versions:
vers=3.1 is SMB3_10, i.e., Windows 10
vers=3.0 is SMB3, i.e., Windows 8, Windows Server 2012
vers=2.1 is SMB2_10, i.e., Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2
vers=2.0 is SMB2_02, i.e., Vista SP1, Windows Server 2008
vers=1.0 is NT1, i.e., Windows 95, NT 4.0