FC2/smbfs weirdness

[Glen Shadbolt]

Glen Shadbolt wrote:
> I have a samba share on a Mac that I mount using /etc/fstab. Here is the 
> entry that I used to mount it on FC1.
> 
> //host/glen    /mnt/glen     smbfs 
> credentials=/etc/credentials/glen,uid=500,gid=500 0 0
> 
> That worked fine under FC1, but not with FC2. Under FC1 the contents of 
> the share all showed the correct owner and permissions. Under FC2 the 
> owner shows up as "games". I checked the uid for my account on the Mac, 
> and the uid for for the user "games" on my linux box, and sure enough 
> they both have the same uid (501). So obviously the problem is that FC2 
> is now using the uid to determine permissions rather than the "owner".
> 
> So I know what the problem is. Is there any way to fix this (short of 
> screwing around with the accounts on my Mac so that the uids match)?
> 
> Glen

Small correction. The owner actually shows as "501". It is the group 
that shows as "games".