Samba permission troubles in linux

jskier · 2004-12-28 23:45:33

I have a Samba server which has a few shares, one being the wwwroot folder for an Apache web server on the same box.This share works great with the login jjohnson (and password) in Windoze however when I mount it in linux (via fstab, entry posted below) permissions are strictly root everything. How do I mimic the Windoze way so I can edit the files on the webserver without access denied errors? I know I could change the permissions of the folders for the wwwroot share but I'd prefer not to change the users or groups attributes because it makes me uneasy for security reasons.

fstab:

//192.168.1.14 /mnt/wwwroot smbfs username=jjohnson,password=X,user 0 0

Thanks for any help,
JSkier

cactus · 2004-12-29 03:31:30

man smbmount

uid=<arg>
sets the uid that will own all files on the mounted filesystem.
It may be specified as either a username or a numeric uid.

gid=<arg>
sets the gid that will own all files on the mounted filesystem.
It may be specified as either a groupname or a numeric gid.

port=<arg>
sets the remote SMB port number. The default is 445, fallback is
139.

fmask=<arg>
sets the file mask. This determines the permissions that remote
files have in the local filesystem. This is not a umask, but the
actual permissions for the files. The default is based on the
current umask.
dmask=<arg>
Sets the directory mask. This determines the permissions that
remote directories have in the local filesystem. This is not a
umask, but the actual permissions for the directories. The de-
fault is based on the current umask.

assuming you want the permissions to be set for userx, you could try:

//192.168.1.14 /mnt/wwwroot smbfs username=jjohnson,password=X,uid=$USER, 0 0

Not sure if $USER will expand properly, or if you need to replace with an actual username. *shrug* Give both of them a shot.
Or, you could just set a decent mask for the files.

//192.168.1.14 /mnt/wwwroot smbfs username=jjohnson,password=X,fmask=0777, 0 0

jskier · 2004-12-29 07:46:51

Still nothing works... Tried setting gid to users and uid to jjohnson (I have the same user on my client as well). The umask doesn't do anything either. However when I do smb://192.168.1.14/wwwroot all works fine. Also if i'm root on the client machine I can do whatever if I go through the fstab mount, so there must be some stupid permission thing on the client side we're missing here :twisted:

JSkier

Arch Linux

#1 2004-12-28 23:45:33

Samba permission troubles in linux

#2 2004-12-29 03:31:30

Re: Samba permission troubles in linux

#3 2004-12-29 07:46:51

Re: Samba permission troubles in linux

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