I have 2 accounts on the Linux box (192.168.0.2): John and Jane. (UID=500 and UID=501, respectively)
They are part of the ACCOUNTING group (GID=512)

I also have the same accounts, John and Jane, on a Windows 2000 file sharing server (192.168.0.3) with the same password as the Linux box (just to make things easier). I am trying to share the c:\accounting folder for them. Sharing and security permissions are set appropriately to John and Jane.

On the Linux box, I create, as root, a /mnt/accounting folder.

I then have in my /etc/fstab the following:

//192.168.0.3/accounting /mnt/accounting smbfs username=john,password=XXXXXX uid=500,gid=512 0 0
//192.168.0.3/accounting /mnt/accounting smbfs username=jane,password=XXXXXX uid=501,gid=512 0 0

I am then able to access the /mnt/accounting folder as a user. Problem is that Jane can read/write to it, but John cannot read/write to it. It seems that since Jane is on the bottom of the list, it cancels out the previous permission for John (UID=500).

How do I do it so BOTH of them get read and write access to the /mnt/accounting folder? If I switch John and Jane around in the /etc/fstab, then John gets read and write permission but Jane does not.

Thanks

well, you can't make two mounts to the same folder... If you want to mount them separately (which is a question should should answer yourself - do they need separate logins through samba?), you'll have to either make two mounts /mnt/accountingjohn & /mnt/accountingjane (or possible /mnt/account/john & jane) or allow john & jane to mount the drive themselves.

This, of course, is all AFAIK.

You *can* run nfs on Windows so that you only have one mount & let nfs deal with uids & such. ::shrug::

LOL! I see what you are saying. So it's best just to have each user on their own workstation create their individual /mnt directory, like what you said?

/mnt/accountingjohn
/mnt/accountingjane

The files will still be "udpated" in real time, correct? for example, if John makes a change, Jane will also see the changes and vice versa?

Your idea sounds very simple. I feel so stupid! LOL

Is there any way for me to encrypt the username/password in the /etc/fstab? I don't like the idea of it being in plain text and having to ask the users for their passwords or to see their passwords when I edit the fstab