LinuxQuestions.org
Visit Jeremy's Blog.
Go Back   LinuxQuestions.org > Forums > Linux Forums > Linux - Newbie
User Name
Password
Linux - Newbie This Linux forum is for members that are new to Linux.
Just starting out and have a question? If it is not in the man pages or the how-to's this is the place!

Notices


Reply
  Search this Thread
Old 07-26-2006, 09:41 AM   #16
Sören Schneider
Member
 
Registered: Apr 2005
Location: Brazil
Distribution: SUSE 9.0 Pro, SUSE OSS 10.0, KDE 3.4.2
Posts: 156

Rep: Reputation: 30

What about smb.conf?
 
Old 07-26-2006, 09:57 AM   #17
Charlie Spencer
Member
 
Registered: Nov 2003
Location: South Carolina, USA
Distribution: Fedora Core 5
Posts: 106

Original Poster
Rep: Reputation: 15
Replacing smbfs with cifs fails to mount the share.

I've never been able to find a good reference or HOWTO for accessing a Windows domain share from a Linux client, so I expect I've left some steps out. All I've done is add a line to /etc/fstab, and then try the commands we've discussed here. I have done nothing to smb.conf or the share on the server. I can access the share with rw access from a Windows XP computer using the same credentials.

Last edited by Charlie Spencer; 07-26-2006 at 10:00 AM.
 
Old 07-26-2006, 10:09 AM   #18
Sören Schneider
Member
 
Registered: Apr 2005
Location: Brazil
Distribution: SUSE 9.0 Pro, SUSE OSS 10.0, KDE 3.4.2
Posts: 156

Rep: Reputation: 30
If I understand right:
You can rw from windows to linux but not the other way?
If this is correct the smb.conf should be OK.
is your shared folder in windows set to writable?
 
Old 07-26-2006, 10:12 AM   #19
Charlie Spencer
Member
 
Registered: Nov 2003
Location: South Carolina, USA
Distribution: Fedora Core 5
Posts: 106

Original Poster
Rep: Reputation: 15
I have not attempted to go from Windows to Linux. I can go Linux to Windows but only read-only.

Permissions on the Windows share are "Everyone - Full Control". Security for the shared folder allows my Windows AD account "Modify" access.

Last edited by Charlie Spencer; 07-26-2006 at 10:13 AM.
 
Old 07-26-2006, 11:46 AM   #20
Charlie Spencer
Member
 
Registered: Nov 2003
Location: South Carolina, USA
Distribution: Fedora Core 5
Posts: 106

Original Poster
Rep: Reputation: 15
Quoting from a response to this question as posted at TechRepublic

"ahh, I bet I know.
Red Hat 9 is the linux version
and I'll bet that the file system on the windows system is NTFS.

NTFS, up until fedora 4 release, was read only for non root because the support for it wasn't solid enough to risk the data corruption."

I logged on the RH9 system as root instead of my user account and I was able to access the Windows share with full access privs. In theory this problem should go away when I install Fedora Core 5 next week.

Thanks to everyone for their assistance.
 
  


Reply


Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is Off
HTML code is Off



Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
samba mounts in fstab Zurvan Linux - Networking 5 04-17-2005 10:13 AM
can see but cant read files on windows share, help a newb out! eonicrush Linux - Networking 2 04-11-2005 03:03 PM
One Windows share getting mounted read-only - why? rparkes Linux - Networking 5 01-31-2004 02:07 PM
Compiled RH7.3 to read WinXP NTFS partition, mounts in Console, but can't mount fstab BlackDogg Linux - Newbie 20 08-05-2002 11:15 PM
switching mounts in fstab elpresidente Linux - General 6 07-09-2002 07:54 PM

LinuxQuestions.org > Forums > Linux Forums > Linux - Newbie

All times are GMT -5. The time now is 12:34 AM.

Main Menu
Advertisement
My LQ
Write for LQ
LinuxQuestions.org is looking for people interested in writing Editorials, Articles, Reviews, and more. If you'd like to contribute content, let us know.
Main Menu
Syndicate
RSS1  Latest Threads
RSS1  LQ News
Twitter: @linuxquestions
Open Source Consulting | Domain Registration