SMB Shares

[Laurence Orchard]

On Thu, 2004-03-18 at 21:20, Chadley Wilson wrote:
> A topic covered many times before.
> 
> So I add this line to /etc/fstab
> 
> //196.25.100.120/cdrive /home/mnt/windoze smbfs noauto,owner,rw 0 0
> 
> Now I can right click the desktop and select windoze
> but it says only root can mount.
> 
> 
> mount: only root can mount //196.25.100.120/cdrive on /home/mnt/windoze
> 
> It does work as root but not user.
> 
> Why must mount be only for root, can't I choose the security here?
> 
> Chad
> 
Hi

this is what I have in my fstab for permissions etc.

//kids/C /kids/C smbfs noauto,users,username=laurence,
password=mypassword,uid=laurence,gid=laurence 0 0

all one line! laurence is a user name defined on the windows box and my
id on the linux box.

Laurence