Hello all,

I am having trouble understanding why I cannot make changes to a folder (or its files) even as root. The folder is actually located on an smb mount on a Windows box; if I log into the Windows box I can change the file there, but not as root on the Linux box (SLES 10). The error I get when trying to save the file is: E212: can't open file for writing. If I do an ls -l on this folder it is owned by root with the permissions one would expect. A df command on Linux console tells me that the folder is mounted and is not read-only.

Is there something special about the permissions because of the Windows box that I am missing? If someone could point me in the right direction I would be most appreciative.

Thanks,
Melinda

What is the name of the file you're trying to save? Just in
case the problem is more of an issue with the underlying
file-system rather than permissions (e.g. a \ or a * in the
name will work for linux' file-systems, but not windows).

maybe, Windows' share configuration does not allow writing. error does point to this. check the share's permission's on Windows Box.

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There are two files...one index.html and one test.txt which seem fairly straightforward. I will check the Windows permissions when I get to the office.

At Ozanbaba's suggestion I checked the file permissions on the Windows side of things and buried deep in the folder config was where I needed to add the user who owned the mount point (as indicated in the fstab file). Thanks so much.

you're welcome