On 19/05/18 09:39, RobH wrote:
> On 18/05/18 22:27, Dennis Lee Bieber wrote:
>> On Fri, 18 May 2018 20:39:42 +0100, RobH  declaimed
>> the
>> following:
>>
>>> On 18/05/18 19:32, Dennis Lee Bieber wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 18 May 2018 16:53:18 +0100, RobH 
>>>> declaimed the
>>>> following:
>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> I am getting permission denied when I try to save the python script to
>>>>> /mnt/CCTV/PiZero.
>>>>> How can I use sudo to do that.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>     Why are you trying to put the /script/ there?
>>>
>>> Because another poster told me to do that:
>>> This is what I was told:
>>>
>>>> in your script ON THE PI, save to *local directory* /mnt/CCTV/PiZero
>>>> and the file will show up on the *remote directory* on the nas.
>>>
>>
>>     That did not say to save the /script/ in that directory, which is
>> what
>> you stated you were trying to do -- it said to edit the script so that
>> /mnt/CCTV/PiZero is where the script is going to save files it creates.
>>
>>> That is what I have right now: //mnt/CCTV/PiZero,  in the python script
>>
>>     And that is NOT what you were told to put there. You still have that
>> double / at the start, which is telling the OS to look for a remote
>> computer named "mnt" and look for a directory named "CCTV" on it.
>>
>>
>>>> pi@raspberrypi:~$ mkdir Public/myFakeNAS
>>>> pi@raspberrypi:~$ mkdir Public/myFakeNAS/aSubDir
>>>>
>>> When I do that mkdir Public/myFakeNAS
>>> it returns
>>> mkdir: cannot create directory 'Public/myFakeNAS': no such file or
>>> directory
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>     That was an example on MY RPI3, from in my default "pi" login. I
>> already had a Public directory there, and this Public directory is empty.
>> As I showed in the lines prior to that. (copied below)
>>
>>> pi@raspberrypi:~$ ls
>>> Desktop    Downloads  oldconffiles  Public        Templates
>>> Documents  Music      Pictures      python_games  Videos
>>> pi@raspberrypi:~$ ls Public
>>>
>>
>>     This is why you've been asked to cut&paste the actual lines from the
>> console window, not hand-type what you think is a copy. Using the actual
>> console window lines shown above one can deduce:
>>
>> pi@raspberypi        one is logged into the account "pi" on machine
>> "raspberrypi"
>>
>> :~                    one is in the account home
directory
>>
>>     "mkdir" default behavior is to only create the last name in the
path,
>> and expects to find all prior path components alread exist (and are
>> directories).
>>
>>     As for the script itself...
>>
>>     Since I believe you are working from the script prototype I
provided,
>> that means changing:
>>
>>      NASname = os.path.join("/path/to/NAS/mount/point", fname)
>>
>> to
>>
>>      NASname = os.path.join("/mnt/CCTV/PiZero", fname)
>>
>>     Do NOT add any extra / characters, do not try to reference any
remote
>> machine -- when the script is running, it expects to find that path
>> exists
>> in the local file system. In fact, in the absence of a working "mount",
>> running the script should result in files being saved in /mnt/CCTV/PiZero
>> ON THE RPI -- that would verify the functionality of the script. If the
>> script is saving to /mnt/CCTV/PiZero the only remaining action is to use
>> the command line "mount" command to map the NAS to /mnt/CCTV/PiZero,
>> where
>> it replaces the local directory.
>>
>>     That should be the only change the script needs (unless you want to
>> remove the short-term use of RAM for buffering the capture, and capture
>> directly to the NAS... In that case you'd remove the RAMname = os...
>> line,
>> remove the copyfile() and unlink() lines, and change the
>> start_recording()
>> to use NASname; I suggest keeping the RAM buffer so that network hiccups
>> don't interfere with the capture itself).
>>
>>
>
>
> Well I tried the mkdir Public/myFakeNAs and it worked this time! I have
> no idea as to why it didn't before.
>
> Presently the NASname = os.path.join("/mnt/CCTV/PiZero" , fname)
>
> After running the script and a picture shows up on the monitor, it does
> not get saved to the /CCTV/PiZero directory, nor on my NAS box.
>
> I realise there is something else I have to do but not sure what.
>
> I think this was answered before, but as there are many posts on this
> thread, I can't find it just now.
>
> Thanks

I found the post I was after and I added //NAS at the beginning of the line

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo mount //NAS/CCTV/PiZero /mnt/CCTV/PiZero
Password for root@//NAS/CCTV/PiZero:  *********
mount error(115): Operation now in progress
Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g. man mount.cifs)

Here I used the PiZero password.



Then I tried this:

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo mount -t cifs -o username=root,password=******
//NAS/CCTV/PiZero /mnt/CCTV/PiZero
mount error(115): Operation now in progress
Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g. man mount.cifs)
pi@raspberrypi:~ $

Here I used both password and username for my NAS box

I did have a look at that page and to be hones, I am no wiser.

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