The permissions on the mounted directory changes during mount,
you have to specify the permissions next to your "defaults" parameter
in
/etc/fstab
I suggest you put all your users that should have access to this drive
into a group,
and then put:
gid=<that group's gid number>,umask=002
next to the "default" parameter
See "man mount"
Eirik Thorsnes
Gagneet Singh wrote:
>Hi!
> I have two hard drives on my machine which I am using as a file server.
>The first HDD contains the RH Linux 7.2 distribution and the second contains
>Windows 98, the previous OS that I was using on the machine.
> I have created a mount in the '/etc/fstab' file and the drives on
the
>second disk are visible over the intranet, when I try to access it on the
>network.
> The main problem comes when I have to save anything on that drive. It
>gives an 'Access Denied' message and I am unable to write anything
to this
>drive. The '/etc/fstab' and '/etc/samba/smb.conf' files are
given below:
>
>****************************************************************************
># Samba config file created using SWAT
># from LinuxServer (127.0.0.1)
># Date: 2002/04/23 20:04:13
>
># Global parameters
>[global]
> workgroup = LACME
> netbios name = LINUXSERVER
> server string = Samba Server
> encrypt passwords = Yes
> password level = 8
> username level = 8
> log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
> max log size = 0
> socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
> domain logons = Yes
> dns proxy = No
> wins support = Yes
> admin users = gagneet
> create mask = 0765
> hosts allow = 192.168.1.
> printing = lprng
>
>[homes]
> comment = Home Directories
> valid users = %S
> read only = No
> create mask = 0664
> directory mask = 0775
> browseable = No
>
>[printers]
> comment = All Printers
> path = /var/spool/samba
> printable = Yes
> browseable = No
>
>[gagneet]
> comment = Gagneet's Account
> path = /home/gagneet
> username = gagneet
> valid users = gagneet
> read only = No
> guest ok = Yes
> hosts allow = 192.168.1.53
> hide unreadable = Yes
> fstype = vfat
>
>[wp]
> comment = Windows Partion Account
> path = /mnt/wp
> username = gagneet
> valid users = gagneet
> read only = No
> create mask = 0777
> directory mask = 0777
> inherit permissions = Yes
> guest ok = Yes
> hosts allow = 192.168.1.53
> fstype = vfat
> dos filemode = Yes
>***************************************************************************
>
>***************************************************************************
>
>LABEL=/ / ext3 defaults 1 1
>LABEL=/boot /boot ext3 defaults 1 2
>none /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
>none /proc proc defaults 0 0
>none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
>/dev/hdb3 swap swap defaults 0 0
>/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660
>noauto,owner,kudzu,ro 0 0
>/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,owner,kudzu 0
>0
>/dev/hdc1 /mnt/wp/drivec vfat defaults 0 0
>/dev/hdc5 /mnt/wp/drived vfat defaults 0 0
>/dev/hdc6 /mnt/wp/drivee vfat defaults 0 0
>****************************************************************************
>
> Please advice on how to access my Windows drive with writeable
>permissions. I have given the /mnt/wp folder full permissions with
'chmod
>777 /mnt/wp'.
>
>Gagneet Singh
>Email : gagneet@acmet.com
>
>
>
>