[wellylug] Linux as a Samba client.

Jethro Carr jethro.carr at jedolinux.com
Tue May 31 17:49:06 NZST 2005


On Tue, 2005-05-31 at 08:14, Geraint Jones wrote:
> //jessie/music  /mnt/jessie-music       smbfs
> username=mitchell,password=<password>   0       0
> 
> Should read
> 
> //jessie/music  /mnt/jessie-music       smbfs
> username=mitchell,password=<password>,user   0       0
> 
> The user part specifies that one need not be in the root group to mount

yeah, that's what should happen (and does with CDROM, floppy, etc).


however, I tried that with the SMB shares and it didn't work. :-(



> 
> Cheers
> 
> Geraint
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: wellylug-admin at lists.wellylug.org.nz
> [mailto:wellylug-admin at lists.wellylug.org.nz] On Behalf Of Jethro Carr
> Sent: Monday, 30 May 2005 7:55 p.m.
> To: WellyLUG Mailing
> Subject: Re: [wellylug] Linux as a Samba client.
> 
> On Mon, 2005-05-30 at 18:47, Jethro Carr wrote:
> > On Sun, 2005-05-29 at 22:03, jumbophut wrote:
> > > On 5/29/05, Jethro Carr wrote:
> > > > hi all,
> > > > 
> > > > I'm setting up a linux pc for my brother, and need some help with
> samba.
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > I've added the following entry to /etc/fstab:
> > > > //jessie/music  /mnt/jessie-music       smbfs
> username=mitchell,password=<password>   0       0
> > > > 
> > > > It works, but only for root. The normal user can't mount or write
> it.
> > > > 
> > > > //jessie/music  /mnt/jessie-music       smbfs
> username=mitchell,password=<password>   0       0
> > > 
> > > You could try something like:
> > > 
> > >
> username=mitchell,password=<password>,uid=your_brother's_uid,umask=000
> > > 
> > > That should make your brother the owner (as far as the client is
> > > concerned) of all the files on //jessie/music.
> > 
> > thanks Tony & Jamie,
> > 
> > unfortunally I still can't get the normal user to be able to mount it,
> > and I get the message:
> > ------------------------
> > cannot mount on /mnt/jessie-music: Operation not permitted
> > smbmnt failed: 1
> > -------------------------
> > 
> > It seems to occur with other filesystems too. CDROM & floppy work
> fine,
> > but I tried using SHFS, which I just found - really cool, lets you
> > 'mount' a ssh connection and use it like a file system!
> > 
> > However, I get the same message, when I try to mount as a normal user.
> > 
> > I've tried giving smbmnt and mount chmod +s, but it doesn't fix it.
> :-(.
> 
> fixed! (kind of)
> 
> I've fixed the problem with a kinda-nasty solution with sudo, but it
> works fine for 1 user.
> 
> the only problem is not any user can just mount it. :-( However, it's a
> 1 user machine so it's not too much of a problem.
> 
> 
> -- 
> -- Jethro Carr
> 
> jethro.carr at jedolinux.com
> 
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