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Could you setup a LiveCD to be able to log into a network through Samba when it booted up and also save user data to a network share?

Like have it give you the option to login and create mapped drives etc.. and then save like desktop setting and other user data from a file server?

Yes, it is possible to use Live CD to connect to remote File server (Windows or another UNIX box using SAMBA). You can browse the share, save the file etc etc. However you may need to tweak few things here and there to work it out perfectly.
You need to configure few scripts or settings (again depend upon your requirement and you will be able to use Live cd to save data to remove box.

Any idea on where to get some instruction on doing this. I thought of it after reading this

http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/ubuntu...sb-device.html

I know this is a totally other topic but how about having the LiveCD pull in data from host machine. Say you boot Ubuntu and it pulls in your favorites, documents, email, etc...

Ok.
Can you be more specific… What I understand so far is:

You insert USB pen
You boot from Ubuntu Live CD
Now you will be able to save desktop and other stuff.
Next you want pull email or use samba.. from remote box or local box? If it is remote box then you can save the config on USB pen for mail client. Similarly you can save scripts on USB pen. Etc Do you want specific instructions how to do pull email or samba?

Also note that the guy who wrote this will read this topic sooner or later and I am sure he will reply back to you.

Sorry for being confusing..

What I was saying after I read the article about saving data to the USB I was wondering if you could also save it to a network drive.

As far as user data, I would like to pull data from local PC when you boot to a LiveCD. HAve your email and favorites and documents available when you boot to the CD.

Err .. some time i think toooooooooooo much.

To mount local C: or D:
Replace /usb/pen with actual path to your USB device.

To map network drive after boot type Live CD type the command:
-o username=monk,password=MyPassword => Is remote server usename and password
//server2003/sharename => serer2003 is windows server (it can be XP box too) and sharename is a shared dir or other resource
/usb/pen => Local mount point. To access files.

You can also use smbclient command to connect directly to remote windows 2003/xp system :
Where,
-U monk : Remote server username
//192.168.1.17/data: Remote server and sharename

More info:
Mount local NTFS :
http://www.cyberciti.biz/faqs/2006/0...nto-ubuntu.php
Mount remote FS i.e. map a drive:
http://www.cyberciti.biz/nixcraft/vi...-partition.php

Hope this helps. If you have more question reply back