Cannot write to SMB share as user, can as root

GT_Onizuka · 10-03-2004, 03:01 PM

I'm trying to access my brother's shared documents folder on his computer. I can mount it no problem as root or a regular user, but for some reason, I cannot add/remove anything to the drive unless I am root. I've changed the ownership of the mounted files themselves, yet I still cannot alter them, here's my entry in /etc/fstab

Code:

//blade/shareddocs  /mnt/jalel    smbfs     rw,uid=1000,gid=100,password=weee,fm
ask=0000,umask=0000 0 0

The uid and gid correspond to my username/groupname and I'm positive they're correct. Any ideas?

gibiman · 10-03-2004, 06:05 PM

Is your brother shared FS NTFS ? Because if it is ... It's only natural u do not have rw access.However in kernel 2.6 it is implemented, but not safe.Although i do not know for sure whether u can write as a normal user or only as root. Hmm :-? ... I'll look it up ... Well if it is NTFS i THINK this might be your problem !

gibiman · 10-03-2004, 06:06 PM

But I bet u already know that ....

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GT_Onizuka · 10-03-2004, 06:52 PM

It's not, it's mounted as a smbfs (Samba File System) so, despite the fact that he is using NTFS, it doesn't write to it as NTFS, so writing is perfectly safe (I asked that question earlier). I just don't understand why it isn't allowing me to do so as a normal user. It's irritating to su to root, just to copy a file over to my brother's computer.