samba shares unmountable by user
Craig White
craigwhite at azapple.com
Sun Jun 28 12:45:11 UTC 2009
On Sat, 2009-06-27 at 16:56 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
> Greetings all;
>
> Here is another example of why I run as root on the main box here, regardless
> of how much hell you give me about it.
>
> >From smbclient:
> [gene at coyote Pictures]$ smbclient -L 192.168.71.8
> Enter gene's password: (hit enter, or give it, same difference)
> Domain=[LAPPY] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.3.2]
>
> Sharename Type Comment
> --------- ---- -------
> print$ Disk
> pdf-gen Printer PDF Generator (only valid users)
> genesdir Disk Gene's home dir
> IPC$ IPC IPC Service (Samba Server 3.3.2)
> lp2 Printer Epson C-82 in HQ color mode
> lp1 Printer Epson C-82 in C84 mode
> lp0 Printer Epson C-82 in C84 mode
> CUPS-PDF Printer Virtual PDF Printer
> (note, the above printer list actually comes from this machine)
> Domain=[LAPPY] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.3.2]
>
> Server Comment
> --------- -------
>
> Workgroup Master
> --------- -------
> COYOTE.DEN
> --------------
> Ok, so 'genesdir' is there. So I made a mount point in ~/gene/lappy-samba here
> on this box and:
> [gene at coyote Pictures]$ mount -t cifs /lappy.coyote.den/genesdir ./lappy-samba
> mount: only root can do that
>
> There are some pictures stored in ~/gene/Pictures on that laptop that I sorely
> need to access and move as they might help me troubleshoot a transmitter
> problem that is a 900 mile drive away.
>
> What is the secret? (selinux isn't even built into the kernel here)
----
only root can make permanent mounts...you should have learned that by
now. If you look at man page for smbclient or just type smbclient
--help, you will see that there is an option to supply the 'user' name
(-U)
you can either create 'user' entries in /etc/fstab or make virtual
mounted file systems like Sam is demonstrating or you can use just open
konqueror (I believe you use KDE) and entering... 'smb:///' in the
address bar for a cifs/smb browser on your local network.
You can also create auto mounts (see /etc/auto.*) which I have never
done with smb/cifs servers but I know they can be done.
Craig
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