Mount issue. How do i mount as a different user?
 

Im mounting a directory, that I need to be accessible from a normal user's desktop.

mount -t cifs -o credentials=/root/.creds //192.168.100.226/mountpoint/ /mnt/mountpoint/

But it is giving /mnt/mountpoint permissions as 770, root:1003

How do I change that group to... 501?

Just my loose thoughts...but, how about putting the contents of .creds in a central spot (/opt perhaps?) and make a symlink per user to that spot, chmod the proper rights to it...

By the way, is'nt it somewhat "iffy" to grant a day-to-day user access to the Root's creds? Of course, I can be a wee paranoid at times... :)

But...I am a Linux newbe too (ar'nt we all?) :D

Thor

and the answer is:

The username/password is in the .creds file, which I do not want accessible by other users. So, root owns it. I'm mounting the dir as root, but allowing a regular user to access it.

Thanks for the help.

Thanks dude :) I learned something here! You lit up my day!

Thor