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Old 01-02-2009, 11:39 AM   #1
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Permission denied when trying to list mounted Windows Share


I have a Windows 2003 R2 Server that I'm trying to connect to with a CentOS 4.4 server. I created the mountpoint and can successfully mount the share, but when I try to ls, I get a Permission denied error. I created a username specifically for this purpose, and gave it the appropriate rights on the ActiveDirectory side, so I know it's not truly a permissions issue. I also tried it with my user account, which has administrator privs and got the same error.

Here is the command I'm using to mount the smb share:

mount -t smbfs -o username=MyUser,password=MyPW //ip.address.of.server/share /mnt/sharepoint
 
Old 01-02-2009, 01:38 PM   #2
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I use CentOS 5.2, and when I set up my fstab to automatically mount my smb file system, I used cifs instead of smbfs. Mine works just fine, and mounts the windows share at boot. How did you create your user, and how did you join ActiveDirectory, with which commands? Also, what is the security set to in your smb.conf file? One may want to post file for review. Is this the only problem? Can you connect to the server using the connect to server option and navigate with the same problems?
 
Old 01-02-2009, 01:57 PM   #3
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I use CentOS 5.2, and when I set up my fstab to automatically mount my smb file system, I used cifs instead of smbfs.
CentOS 4.4 doesn't understand cifs, so smbfs has to be used. I learned this when I tried cifs and it didn't work (and found that RHEL-based distros v4 and prior should use smbfs in place of cifs).

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Mine works just fine, and mounts the windows share at boot. How did you create your user, and how did you join ActiveDirectory, with which commands? Also, what is the security set to in your smb.conf file? One may want to post file for review.
I'm not connecting to a Linux-based Samba share, so I don't think the smb.conf file has anything to do with it (correct me if I'm wrong). The CentOS 4.4 box is a client in this case and connecting to a genuine Microsoft Windows 2003 Server.

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Is this the only problem? Can you connect to the server using the connect to server option and navigate with the same problems?
Since this is a server, there is no GUI, so I can't use the Connect to Server option.
 
Old 01-02-2009, 03:10 PM   #4
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I'm not connecting to a Linux-based Samba share, so I don't think the smb.conf file has anything to do with it (correct me if I'm wrong). The CentOS 4.4 box is a client in this case and connecting to a genuine Microsoft Windows 2003 Server.
Any time you connect to a windows share, with Linux, you must use samba, or a program that can translate microsofts smb protocol, that is how Linux talks to Windows. Also, I do believe that for your Active Directory permissions to work you must join the domain. The proper command escapes me at this point, but I think when talking to a windows machine the smb.conf file is critical, especially if you want to access any shares, or join any domains.


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Since this is a server, there is no GUI, so I can't use the Connect to Server option.
I too, run a text based server, except my text based server runs Daper Drake. I prefer text based, because it helps one with administration, and is way more powerful.
 
Old 01-02-2009, 03:45 PM   #5
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Any time you connect to a windows share, with Linux, you must use samba, or a program that can translate microsofts smb protocol, that is how Linux talks to Windows.
The smb.conf file is for the Samba server, not the client. By using smbfs (or cifs in distros that support it) that is the protocol identifier that allows you to connect to an smb/cifs share. Please see this page for more info about smb.conf:

http://tldp.org/LDP/solrhe/Securing-...p29sec284.html

To mount an smb share on an Active Directory server, you do not *need* to join the domain. I have Macs in the office that connect to the Windows server and they are otherwise not part of the Windows Domain. The Mac OS uses a similar method that Linux GUIs use in that there is a Connect To Server command under the Go menu in the Mac Finder that allows you to enter a cifs:// (or smb://) server address and provide a username and password to mount shares.

Does anyone else have any advice?

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Old 01-02-2009, 04:20 PM   #6
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Does anyone else have any advice?
OK, guess I'm officially off the case, Good Luck.
 
Old 01-11-2009, 12:54 AM   #7
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OK, guess I'm officially off the case, Good Luck.
clayb226,

I didn't mean that in a negative way toward you, dude. I'm sorry if you took it that way. I appreciate your assistance. If you have anything else to contribute, please feel free.
 
  


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