Hi all,

So I have a directory that I'm sharing from one linux server via samba.
I'm able to view all files on it from any window box fine

@net use U: \\192.168.1.100\import * /user:worker /no

But, when I try to mount from my other linux box it is unable to view any files that are read/writeable only by user worker (although I'm able to see any other files as normal)

-rwxr--r-- 1 worker users 110 May 2 07:53 TDATE.log

I tried:
sudo mount -t cifs //192.168.1.100/import /mnt/import -o user=worker
sudo mount -t cifs //192.168.1.100/import /mnt/import -o user=worker,uid=worker,gid=users
( as well as trying combinations in between)


sudo mount -t cifs without "-o user" ... and ...
sudo mount -t smbfs //192.168.1.100/import /mnt/import -o user=worker both give me an error
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on //192.168.1.100/import, missing codepage or helper program, or other error


Does anyone out there know why this is happening? I'm confused because I would expect if mount wasn't mounting as worker, then it wouldn't mount. But it can only see the files that are readable by other/group, which seems completely counter intuitive to me. Is there a way I can tell what user I'm mounted as (besides using mount -l)?

Thanks all in advance for any help you can give!

Try:

sudo whoami

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Steve Stites

Hi Steve,

I'm sorry, that doesn't make sense to me. That's going to be root no matter what box I try it on, and I don't understand how that would apply to the mount. Let me try to clarify: linux box 2 has mounted a directory on linux box 1 (that is being shared using samba). I tried to do so by using the user "worker" on linux box 1, but when navigating through the mount point I am unable to access files read/writeable only by "worker". Does that make sense?

Thanks!!!
G.

You can always use sudo if you don't want to be root.

True, but that's not what I had a question about. I was just saying that using "sudo whomai" will return root, and doesn't, AFAIK, address my issue.


My issue was that I don't know how to verify what user I'm mounting to the remote disk as. The behavior is as if I'm mounting as some user other than "worker" even though I'm using the option "-o user=worker", and not using that option will fail. Also, using a bogus user "-o user=foo" will fail, giving

mount: block device //192.168.1.100/import is write-protected, mounting read-only
mount: cannot mount block device //192.168.1.100/import read-only


So, it dawned on me that I could touch a file and see who the owner is. What I see, appears about right to me. It, and all the files in //192.168.1.100/import are owned by "libuuid" which is the user with that uid on linux server 2.

Does the fact that the username for uid 100 is different on server 1 and server 2 have any bearing?

Quite possibly. Did you set up a sambapasswd for your user? Does he have an account on the server that perfectly matches the one on the client?

Thanks Jay. That was it. The accounts didn't match up perfectly. A little tweaking of /etc/passwd on server 2 and I'm back in business.

Thanks again for the help!!!