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by **Timur Aydi** » Sun, 15 Jun 2003 02:19:59

Hi,

I want to have a shared directory, residing on a RH9 Server, to be
accessible by another Linux PC and a Windows XP PC. Obviously, I have
configured samba on the server machine and can access the shared
directory from windows. Once the shared directory is mapped to a
driver letter, it can be used just like a local harddrive.

However, when I mount that share to a local mountpoint on the linux
PC, writing to that shared directory is only possible when I am logged
in as root:

$ su
# mount -t smbfs -ousername=username,password=password //my.host.name/public /mnt/pub
# touch /mnt/pub/junk
# exit
$ touch /mnt/pub/shit
(This fails with a permission error)

I have tried changing the permissions of /mnt/pub as 0777, didn't
help.

Interestingly, if I connect to the public directory through nautilus:

smb://my.host.name/public

Then I can write to that directory.

Also, if I use smbclient, I can write to that directory.

However, I really need to access that directory through the mount
point, because when I want to edit a file on the shared directory, I
need to open that directory in my editor and want to save it back. It
should look like a regular directory so that I can use it like a local
directory and so that all my tools work on files that are in that
directory.

Any idea what the problem is?

--
Timur Aydin

by **Michael Heimin** » Sun, 15 Jun 2003 01:58:13

> Hi,
> I want to have a shared directory, residing on a RH9 Server, to be
> accessible by another Linux PC and a Windows XP PC. Obviously, I have
> configured samba on the server machine and can access the shared
> directory from windows. Once the shared directory is mapped to a
> driver letter, it can be used just like a local harddrive.
> However, when I mount that share to a local mountpoint on the linux
> PC, writing to that shared directory is only possible when I am logged
> in as root:
> $ su
> # mount -t smbfs -ousername=username,password=password //my.host.name/public /mnt/pub
...
> Any idea what the problem is?

Sounds like permission/ownership on the mount point are wrong.

However you don't really want to use that, *nix system use NFS to share FS
over the LAN, there is for sure a NFS HOWTO waiting for you (www.tldp.org).

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by **Bob Hauc** » Sun, 15 Jun 2003 03:08:14

> However, when I mount that share to a local mountpoint on the linux
> PC, writing to that shared directory is only possible when I am logged
> in as root:

Try using smbmount to mount it as the user who needs access instead of
as root.

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by **Erik Saart** » Sun, 15 Jun 2003 05:29:56

[snip]

Quote:> However you don't really want to use that, *nix system use NFS to share FS
> over the LAN, there is for sure a NFS HOWTO waiting for you (www.tldp.org).

IMHO nfs aint such an appealing solution if we're going to access files
both from windows and linux clients. Main problem is that there's no
easy, comfortable and flexible way to force group ownership (and rights)
on share basis. Yes, of course there's umask, chown, chgrp and cron on
top of that, but that's more of an ad hoc kind of remedy, especially
for non-* users. I guess ACLs might provide better solution, or
are there any other ways to handle this?

Erik

by **Antoine EMERI** » Mon, 16 Jun 2003 03:03:14

Hi,

Most mounting operatin are permetted to the root user only (for security).

But if you want your mount to be permanrent, add the mount to your
/etc/fstab, and it will be mount at the server start.

Regards

> Hi,

> I want to have a shared directory, residing on a RH9 Server, to be
> accessible by another Linux PC and a Windows XP PC. Obviously, I have
> configured samba on the server machine and can access the shared
> directory from windows. Once the shared directory is mapped to a
> driver letter, it can be used just like a local harddrive.

> However, when I mount that share to a local mountpoint on the linux
> PC, writing to that shared directory is only possible when I am logged
> in as root:

> $ su
> # mount -t smbfs -ousername=username,password=password //my.host.name/public /mnt/pub
> # touch /mnt/pub/junk
> # exit
> $ touch /mnt/pub/shit
> (This fails with a permission error)

> I have tried changing the permissions of /mnt/pub as 0777, didn't
> help.

> Interestingly, if I connect to the public directory through nautilus:

> smb://my.host.name/public

> Then I can write to that directory.

> Also, if I use smbclient, I can write to that directory.

> However, I really need to access that directory through the mount
> point, because when I want to edit a file on the shared directory, I
> need to open that directory in my editor and want to save it back. It
> should look like a regular directory so that I can use it like a local
> directory and so that all my tools work on files that are in that
> directory.

> Any idea what the problem is?

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Accessing server share from Windows and Linux

Accessing server share from Windows and Linux

Accessing server share from Windows and Linux