Still can't write to a Win98 share! PLEASE HELP!

[Dennis K Grow]

To mount windows shares on a linux box so the whole world can read/write:
smbmount //<windows share> /mnt/<point> -o username=root,password=<root
password>,gid=<user's group, if wanted>,fmask=0777

Put this is /etc/rc.d/rc.local
Also use a credentials file (0600), instead of exposing the root password.
see: man smbmount

Dennis

SnuggleB wrote:

> I've posted here with this problem before, and while several people DID try
> to help, nothing seems to work!
>
> Here's the situation (again):
>
> I have a Linux box (Mandrake 7.0) running Samba (2.0.6) compiled from
> source. I can mount/read/write the linux shares just fine, but when trying
> to write to my Win98 shares (which mount perfectly), I get "permission
> denied".
>
> This only happens for standard users. As root, I can
> read/write/execute/move/delete files with no problems whatsoever. As a
> standard user, I can only read files on the Win98 mounted shares.
>
> Yes, I'm mounting them with FULL permissions (on the Win98 side).
>
> PLEASE HELP!
>
> Here is a copy of my /etc/fstab, and a copy of my /etc/smb.conf if it
> helps...
>
> ============ /etc/fstab ============
> /dev/hda1 /boot ext2 defaults 1 2
> /dev/hda5 / ext2 defaults 1 1
> /dev/hda6 swap swap defaults 0 0
> /dev/hda7 /home ext2 defaults 1 2
> /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto sync,user,noauto,nosuid,nodev,unhide 0 0
> none /proc proc defaults 0 0
> none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0
> /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto user,noauto,nosuid,exec,nodev,ro 0 0
>
> //mav/scott_pics /mnt/scott_pics smbfs guest,rw,fmask=0666,dmask=0777  0 0
>
> //mav/mav_z  /mnt/mav_z  smbfs  user  0  0
> //mav/mav_cd  /mnt/mav_cd  smbfs  ro,user  0  0
> //mav/html  /mnt/html  smbfs  user  0  0
>
> ============ /etc/smb.conf ============
> [global]
>         null passwords = yes
>         log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
>         printcap name = /etc/printcap
>         max log size = 50
>         domain master = no
>         dns proxy = no
>         domain logons = no
>         preferred master = no
>         password level = 0
>         encrypt passwords = no
>         server string = Samba Server
>         workgroup = MAVUS
>         unix password sync = no
>         socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
>         load printers = yes
>         security = user
>         writable = yes
>         os level = 0
>         dead time = 0
>         wins support = no
>         public = yes
>         debug level = 0
>
> [mavus]
>         comment = Mavus
>         guest ok = yes
>         create mode = 777
>         directory mode = 777
>         browseable = yes
>         writable = yes
>         path = /home/mavus
>         public = yes
>
> [http]
>         guest ok = yes
>         comment = Local Web Interface
>         create mode = 777
>         directory mode = 777
>         writable = yes
>         browseable = yes
>         path = /www/servers
>         public = yes
>
> [homes]
>     comment = Home Directories
>     browseable = yes
>     writable = yes
>     public = no
>     only user = yes
>
> [archives]
>     comment = File Archives
>     path = /home/archives
>     guest ok = yes
>     writable = yes
>     browseable = yes
>     public = yes
>
> [printers]
>     comment = All Printers
>     path = /var/spool/samba
>     browseable = no
>     guest ok = no
>     writable = no
>     printable = yes
>
> [temp]
>         guest ok = yes
>         comment = Temporary file space
>         create mode = 777
>         wide links = no
>         directory mode = 777
>         writable = yes
>         path = /temp
>         public = yes
>
> [cdrom]
>     comment = CD-ROM Drive
>     path = /mnt/cdrom
>     read only = yes
>     public = yes
>     guest ok = yes
>     browseable = yes
>     writable = no
>
> [mavus]
>     comment = Mav's Home
>     path = /home/mavus
>     read only = no
>     public = yes
>     guest ok = yes
>     browseable = yes
>     writable = yes
>
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Dennis K. Grow
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