First configure the device to share over USB.
For the Z10:
Settings->Storage and Access:
USB Connection->Connect to Mac
Access using Wifi: On (We will connect over USB but this needs to be on for the login to work)
Set a sharing password in the popup box.
Find the device name and username in "Identification on Network" screen.
For the PlayBook:
Settings->Storage and Sharing:
USB Connections->Connect to Mac
Network Identification->Properties set device name and username
File Sharing On
Wi-Fi Sharing Off
Password Protect On
Change Password to set the password
On Linux (this is Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) install the needed packages
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sudo apt-get install cifs-utils winbind
Set it so that Linux can resolve CIFS names
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gksudo gedit /etc/nsswitch.conf
Find the line beginning hosts and add wins in the line so it becomes
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hosts: files wins mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns mdns4
Save the file and exit the editor. To verify the change, plug in the device and try "ping DEVICENAME" to see if it is working.
Create some directories for the mount points
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sudo mkdir -p /bb/z10-media
sudo mkdir -p /bb/z10-certs
sudo mkdir -p /bb/z10-sd
sudo mkdir -p /bb/pb-media
sudo mkdir -p /bb/pb-certs
Make the entries in the fstab to allow user mounts
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sudo gedit /etc/fstab
Add the following to the end of the file
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//Z10_DEVICENAME/media /bb/z10-media cifs user,mapchars,user=UserName 0 0
//Z10_DEVICENAME/certs /bb/z10-certs cifs user,mapchars,user=UserName 0 0
//Z10_DEVICENAME/removable_SDCARD /bb/z10-sd cifs user,mapchars,user=UserName 0 0
//PB_DEVICENAME/media /bb/pb-media cifs user,mapchars,user=UserName 0 0
//PB_DEVICENAME/certs /bb/pb-certs cifs user,mapchars,user=UserName 0 0
Congratulations, you are all done with the setup!
Now You can mount the directories as a normal user
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mount /bb/z10-media
When it asks for the password it is the one that you set on the device for sharing.
Copy your music across
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cd ~/Music
rsync --progress -xa * /bb/z10-media/music
And unmount
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umount /bb/z10-media
