[PLUG] Re: Problems mounting linux samba share as read-write *from* a linux box

[Tom Diehl <tdiehl@rogueind.com>]

On Thu, 18 Aug 2005, Adam Zion wrote:

> 	I have two Mandrake linux boxes, one named Calvin, and the other 
> Hobbes. The share is defined on Calvin as the following:
>
> [Documents]
>    comment = Adam's Documents
>    path = /home/adam/Documents
>    browseable = yes
>    writeable = yes
>    read only = no
>    valid users = adam
>    directory mask = 0777
>
> 	All files set in the directory /home/adam/Documents are set at 777, 
> owned by the user and group adam. When I mount this share from Hobbes, using 
> the following command:
>
> mount -t smbfs //calvin/Documents /mnt/calvin -o username=adam,password=*
>
> 	After I do this, I have read-only permission when logged onto Hobbes 
> as adam, but write permission when I su in as root. When I check ownership of 
> all the files and directories in this directory (while logged onto Hobbes), 
> ls -la tells me that root owns all the files, hence my inability to write to 
> them as adam.
>
> 	Any idea why mount is changing the effective permissions on this 
> share? What concept am I missing here? User adam on Hobbes needs read-write 
> access to this directory (the idea is that this Calvin is my NAS box). User 
> adam exists as a samba user on Calvin, with the same password as I use for 
> the same user on Hobbes.

Why not simplify your setup and use nfs. It is much easier to manage nfs
for *nix to *nix applications than it is to involve samba.

HTH,

Tom
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