Changing Access To Folders

John_Emad · 12-22-2004, 09:22 AM

I managed to mount the partition of Windows XP as to be able to see its files from Linux

but the problem is that I cant access the folder unless I am logged in as root

and when I try to change the permissions it always tells me access denied

anyone has an idea on how to solve tht problem ??

cyto · 12-22-2004, 10:10 AM

Plz post ur fstab file here if u dont mind. Thanks

John_Emad · 12-23-2004, 04:21 AM

Actually The internet right now is down in my linux for Network probles tht I have posted in the network section and it is not yet solved, so can u tell me any other way ??

Kristijan · 12-23-2004, 05:06 AM

man mount and read up on umask. When I mount my Windows parition I do it like this.

mount -o umask=000 /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows **Note: Change the values to match you're setup.

A umask of 000 will give all users r/w/x permissions.

-Kristijan

John_Emad · 12-25-2004, 03:29 AM

the folder in which I want to mount windows drives is /mnt/win

so I write : mount -o umask=000 /mnt/win

but it seems tht this syntax is wrong

so would u tell me exactly how to write it ??

brettcave · 12-25-2004, 11:57 PM

mount -t smb -o umask=000,username=administrator //netbios-name/sharename /mnt/win

This should prompt you for a password.

John_Emad · 12-26-2004, 01:18 PM

I got this message

mount: fs type smb not supported by kernel

brettcave · 01-02-2005, 07:04 AM

Your kernel was not compiled with smb fs support, you will need to recompile with support, (or you might be able to install a package to enable support). What distro do you have?

If your kernel was compiled with support.you can also try a "modprobe smbfs" and also try mount -t smbfs instead of mount -t smb.

Kristijan · 01-03-2005, 12:56 AM

John_Emad,

You have just forgot to define what you actually want to mount. It should read like this;

mount {options} <partition> <mount point>

Logged in as root, execute fdisk -l This will show you all your partitions.

Code:

[root@homer ~]# fdisk -l

Disk /dev/hda: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hda1   *           1        2611    20972826    7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hda2            2612        3856    10000462+  83  Linux
/dev/hda3            3857        9729    47174872+  83  Linux

As you can see from the output of fdisk, my Windows partition is /dev/hda1. I simply substitue that into my syntax. It now reads...

mount -o umask=000 /dev/hda1 /mnt/win

Execute the command and enjoy

-Kristijan

brettcave · 01-03-2005, 01:52 AM

Don't know why i suggested trying to use smb - jumped to the conclusion that you were mouning over a network.