MOTOROKR E6 : file transfer

I am playing with a Motorola mobile phone (MOTOROKR E6) for last few days. Due to file transfer issue I was trying to connect this mobile phone with various operating systems. A "Motorola Phone Tools" cd was available with the phone which provides a software for windows operating system to interact with the phone. I installed the software in my windows system , connected my mobile through data cable , it was detected in my system. But when I tried to copy some files from my laptop to the phone , both systems (windows on my laptop & the phone) stopped responding. I tried it once more but same thing happened. But the phone is working fine in my Open Solaris 2008.05, linux (Fedora 7) and SXDE (Solaris Express Developer Edition 1/08) system. After connecting the phone through the cable , these systems mounted it automatically and opened all files and directories of my phone's memory card in a new window. Fedora detcted the phone as "MOTOROKR E2" (though I connected E6... anyway) , SXDE mounted it as "NO NAME" and Open Solaris 2008.05 mounted it as "AM". I didn't face any problem for these platforms to transfer files between the systems and the phone.

Discover Open Source Software with ossdiscovery

Today I take a tour to a website http://ossdiscovery.opensource.collab.net/ which provides a tool to discover open source softwares already installed in your system. I tried it in three platforms , Solaris ( Solaris express developer edition 1/08), Linux (Fedora 7) and windows xp professional. This tool scans the total system for open source products and took time according to number of files and finally saves the report in a "scanresults-local.txt" file. Basic Architecture of this tool would be clear from the following diagram :

Project Goals of this tool as described in the website is the following:
Most enterprises are using open source software in many areas of their business. However, open source typically bypasses traditional procurement processes, making it difficult for companies to accurately inventory their open source usage. OSS Discovery was created to solve this problem. It helps enterprises easily create an inventory of installed open source software. This inventory, enables enterprises to:

• Develop support and maintenance plans

• Comply with open source licenses

• Measure and communicate the benefits of open source software

• Find opportunities to use more open source software

OSS Discovery will also be used to support The Open Source Census. Learn more at About The Open Source Census.

Samba configuration on Fedora Linux

Samba server implementation allows a linux system to interact with a windows network. At my home I have a router which connects my desktop PC where Windows XP professional is installed with ip address 192.168.1.100 and a laptop where Fedora 7 is installed with ip address 192.168.1.102.


Now configuration details for windows system :

1) I have an administrator account in my windows sytem with username "ritwikghoshal" and password (say) "windows".
2) Share directories / drives as you wish. I shared Netbeans project folder and "D" drive of my system. Just right click on the directory / drive and choose sharing.
3) Go to Control panel --> Network setup wizard --> click next --> I used the existing shared connection for the computer's internet access (i.e the recommended settings) --> Click next.
4) Computer Description : "desktop" --> Computer Name : "RITWIKD" --> Click Next.
5) Workgroup Name : "mygroup" --> Click Next --> Turn on file and printer sharing --> Next.
6) Just finish the wizard

Configuration details for Linux system :

1) Ping test : First I performed a ping test to check if windows system is reachable
[root@ritwik ~]# ping 192.168.1.100
PING 192.168.1.100 (192.168.1.100) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 192.168.1.100: icmp_seq=1 ttl=128 time=10.2 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.100: icmp_seq=2 ttl=128 time=2.24 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.100: icmp_seq=3 ttl=128 time=2.06 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.100: icmp_seq=4 ttl=128 time=1.85 ms

--- 192.168.1.100 ping statistics ---
4 packets transmitted, 4 received, 0% packet loss, time 3000ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 1.854/4.103/10.253/3.553 ms

2) Check whether Samba is installed :
[root@ritwik ~]# smbd -V
Version 3.0.28-0.fc7

If you don't get any o/p like "Version 3.0.28-0.fc7" that means you don't have samba installed. Then try to install it first.

3) set Firewall to consider samba as trusted service :
System -> Administration -> Firewall and SElinux
Now check samba in Firewall option's trusted services.

4) Service Configuration :Start "smb" services
System -> Administration -> server settings -> services
Start smb service.

5) Samba Server Configuration :
System -> Administration -> samba

I. Server settings : Preferences -> Server settings
Here workgroup name would be same with windows' workgroup name i.e "mygroup". (windows config : step 5).

II. Samba Users : Preferences -> Samba users -> Add user
windows' username : it would be same with the username of your windows system , mine was "ritwikghoshal" (windows config : step 1).
setup a password , mine was "fedora".

III. Add share : add a directory , give a sharename , set necessary permissions . Description field is optional. I shared three directories from my home directory : software, study and NetBeans project folder.

6) Restart samba service :
System -> Administration -> server settings -> services
Restart smb service.

Access windows' share from Fedora 7 :

After following the abovesaid steps I checked the Network directory.It contained 4 icons : "RITWIK" , "ritwik's public files on ritwik" , "SFTP File Transfer on ritwik" , "Windows Network".
"RITWIK" : contained shared files of fedora (study, software , nbproject dir etc.)
"ritwik's public files on ritwik" : contained nothing
"SFTP File Transfer on ritwik" : contained root directory.
"Windows Network" : contained 2 icons , 'mshome' & 'mygroup'.
'mshome' had 'RITWIKD' where I found all windows' shared files.
'mygroup' contained same 'RITWIK' directory.


Access Fedora's share from windows :
Go to start -> Run -> open : \\192.168.1.102
Hit the return key and a browser window will display all shared files of Fedora system.

So... you are done !!!

You may also like to use commands than GUI , in that case ..
Configure IPTABLES for firewall issue
start / restart smb service by using commnds like :
/etc/rc.d/init.d/smb start
/etc/rc.d/init.d/smb restart
Edit /etc/samba/smb.conf and /etc/samba/smbusers to configure samba server.
I have used the following command to mount windows' "E" directory to my fedora home, in a directory named "WinShare".
[root@ritwik ~]# mount -t cifs -o username=ritwik,password=fedora,ip=192.168.1.100 //Ritwikd/E /home/ritwik/WinShare
.. and the following one to unmount :
[root@ritwik ~]# umount /home/ritwik/WinShare