[Samba] smbfs: user cannot create file

[David Morel]

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Le Samedi 10 Mai 2003 00:53, Mike - EMAIL IGNORED a écrit :
> Using VMware - Host: WinXP; Guest: Linux 8.0:
>
> Following advice I received elsewhere yesterday,
> I modified Linux start up files (level 3) with
> mount -t smbfs to connect to a shared directory in
> WinXP.  On WinXP, both the directory and the share
> permissions give full control to Everyone.  On
> Linux, the both /mnt and /mnt/linuxShare have
> drwxrwxrwx.
>
> As root, on the Linux side I have full control in the
> shared out directory.
>
> As another user in Linux, I cannot create a new file in
> the shared out directory.  This fails with cp, vi, and
> touch.  Oddly, I can use vi to modify a preexisting file.
>
> Advice would be much appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Mike.
> --
> Michael D. Berger

add 'user,noauto' to your mount options in fstab and mount the share once 
you're logged in. This is one way, there are others. Regarding file 
permissions, you have to read just a little more documentation on unix 
rights. Did you google a bit about it ?

David
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