[olug] smbmount and fstab

[Eric Penne]

I didn't think smbmount read smb.conf?  I thought smb.conf was only for
the smbd server.

Eric

--- Andrew Holm-Hansen <olug at einer.org> wrote:
> I vaguely remember reading about a similar problem.  Won't smbmount
> (by 
> default)  only run for uid=root?  Another thing to check is your 
> smb.conf ... You can explicitely state which users have 'root' 
> privelages on the share with the
> 
> admin users = user1, user2, user3
> 
> directive.
> 
> I think I solved this problem and forgot the solution because mine
> just 
> works... ;(  Sorry.  
> 
> Andrew
> 
> Eric Penne wrote:
> 
> >I've partly figured out how to mount it as root and give the user
> >permissions to write.
> >
> >smbmount //nt_le/ericp$ /directory -o credentials=file,uid=epenne
> >
> >I added the uid=epenne before but there was a space instead of a
> comma
> >and smbmount just ignored the uid flag.
> >
> >I still am not allowed to mount the drive without having root
> >privileges.  Can anybody help?
> >
> >Eric
> >
> >
> >
> >--- Eric Penne <epenne at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >  
> >
> >>I'm having troubles mounting a device on an NT4 server and allowing
> >>the
> >>user (not root) to modify the filesystem.
> >>
> >>I want the user to be able to mount the filesystem when they login.
> >>I have to send a username and password to the NT server.
> >>I want the user to be able to modify and create files on the mount.
> >>
> >>I've added:
> >>
> >>//nt_le/ericp$ /home/epenne/fileserver/ericp smbfs
> >>defaults,noauto,user,owner 0 0
> >>
> >>to the /etc/fstab
> >>
> >>when I try to mount it asks for a password which it takes the
> >>username
> >>from my login of epenne when I want it to login as ericp.
> >>
> >>where can I pass the credentials file to the mount command?
> >>
> >>
> >>I've manually mounted this drive from root using the credentials
> >>file.
> >>The permissions on the drive were for root and user ericp couldn't
> >>write anything to the directories on the mounted drive.
> >>
> >>What options do I have to pass the username and password to
> smbmount
> >>through /etc/fstab?
> >>
> >>Eric
> >>
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