Hi all. Very simple question, hopefully with a very simple answer.... Here's my problem... I'm mounting a Windows98(se) share (yes, with full permissions, no password) onto my Linux box. Mounts just fine, all users can read from it perfectly. However, NO users except for root can write to the share! How can I fix this? Here's my mount line for the share from /etc/fstab: //mav/mav_z /mnt/mav_z smbfs user 0 0 I've tried mounting it with "mount /mnt/mav_z" which works, and I've also tried using "mount -t smbfs -o guest,rw,fmask=0777 //mav/mav_z /mnt/mav_z" which also works. Same result though, can't write to the share! Someone on IRC suggested I add "umask=000", but all that gives me is the "Usage instructions" for mount. Please help, I'm getting desperate here! Mike Chaney --- Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.310 / Virus Database: 171 - Release Date: 12/19/01
Have you specified a guest account in the global section, and does that guest user have rights to the share? SnuggleB wrote:> Hi all. Very simple question, hopefully with a very simple answer.... > > Here's my problem... > > I'm mounting a Windows98(se) share (yes, with full permissions, no password) > onto my Linux box. Mounts just fine, all users can read from it perfectly. > > However, NO users except for root can write to the share! How can I fix > this? > > Here's my mount line for the share from /etc/fstab: > > //mav/mav_z /mnt/mav_z smbfs user 0 0 > > I've tried mounting it with "mount /mnt/mav_z" which works, and I've also > tried using "mount -t smbfs -o guest,rw,fmask=0777 //mav/mav_z /mnt/mav_z" > which also works. Same result though, can't write to the share! > > Someone on IRC suggested I add "umask=000", but all that gives me is the > "Usage instructions" for mount. > > Please help, I'm getting desperate here! > > Mike Chaney > --- > > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.310 / Virus Database: 171 - Release Date: 12/19/01 > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
fmask=0777 should give you full permission to all the files. However, if you want to create new files, you will also need the same permissions on the directories, with dmask=0777. For the sake of avoiding accidents, if you do not intent to create shell scripts on your share, remove the executable permissoin on the fmask,, therefore, use fmask=0666, (you need the executable on for directories, so leave dmask at 777) Be aware that this will give every user of your linux box full access to that share. But this will get you started at least, you can later experiment with fine tuning uid, gid and individual permissions. On Thu, 27 Dec 2001, SnuggleB wrote: Hi all. Very simple question, hopefully with a very simple answer.... Here's my problem... I'm mounting a Windows98(se) share (yes, with full permissions, no password) onto my Linux box. Mounts just fine, all users can read from it perfectly. However, NO users except for root can write to the share! How can I fix this? Here's my mount line for the share from /etc/fstab: //mav/mav_z /mnt/mav_z smbfs user 0 0 I've tried mounting it with "mount /mnt/mav_z" which works, and I've also tried using "mount -t smbfs -o guest,rw,fmask=0777 //mav/mav_z /mnt/mav_z" which also works. Same result though, can't write to the share! Someone on IRC suggested I add "umask=000", but all that gives me is the "Usage instructions" for mount. Please help, I'm getting desperate here! Mike Chaney --- Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.310 / Virus Database: 171 - Release Date: 12/19/01
Well folks, thanks to the help of some of the list members, my users can now WRITE to a Win98 share mounted through Samba. However, we still can't move/delete files on that share! What am I doing wrong??? PLEASE help! Thanks --- Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.310 / Virus Database: 171 - Release Date: 12/19/01