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    [SOLVED] Write access to Samba share with fstab

    Hi,

    I am having trouble setting write access to a samba share on a windows PC.

    Here's the setup:

    Computer: Solaris
    Kubuntu 10.04 installed on sda1
    Fstab entry: //Mercury/MERCURYDATA /mnt/MercuryData cifs credentials=/etc/samba/user,noexec,rw,umask=000 0 0

    richard@Solaris:/mnt$ ls -l
    total 8
    drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 8192 2010-08-28 20:29 MercuryData
    richard@Solaris:/mnt$


    Computer: Mercury
    Windows 7
    Share: MERCURYDATA (F drive). All users have rw permissions to the share

    I can ping both computers from each other.
    I can browse to the Samba share via Dolphin and I have write access there. (Network > Samba Shares > WORKGROUP > Mercury > MERCURYDATA
    However, when I mount the filesystem to /mnt/MercuryData, I only have read access.

    A couple of things bother me that may or may not be related. I'm using a credentials file. The file system will not mount if the credentials file contains the windows logon credentials alone. If I change them to a Solaris samba user (which also has identical admin logon credentials on Mercury), then the share mounts.
    I have ntfs-3g installed, but if I use that instead of cifs in the fstab file, then mount -a throws an error:
    richard@Solaris:/mnt$ sudo mount -a
    ntfs-3g: Failed to access volume '//Mercury/MERCURYDATA': No such file or directory

    ntfs-3g 2010.3.6 external FUSE 28 - Third Generation NTFS Driver
    Configuration type 1, XATTRS are on, POSIX ACLS are off

    Copyright (C) 2005-2007 Yura Pakhuchiy
    Copyright (C) 2006-2009 Szabolcs Szakacsits
    Copyright (C) 2007-2010 Jean-Pierre Andre
    Copyright (C) 2009 Erik Larsson

    Usage: ntfs-3g [-o option[,...]] <device|image_file> <mount_point>

    Options: ro (read-only mount), remove_hiberfile, uid=, gid=,
    umask=, fmask=, dmask=, streams_interface=, syncio.
    Please see the details in the manual (type: man ntfs-3g).

    Example: ntfs-3g /dev/sda1 /mnt/windows

    Ntfs-3g news, support and information: http://ntfs-3g.org
    richard@Solaris:/mnt$


    One last thing that may be of relevance: The filesystem MercuryData is a FreeAgent 750Gb external harddrive on a USB connection.

    Any help advice would be greatly appreciated. I have searched the forums, and I believe that I've tried all the reasonable suggestions to resolve the issue. I figure that it has to be fstab, as I have write access via the Samba share in Dolphin.

    Kind regards,

    Richard.



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    Re: Write access to Samba share with fstab

    I don't believe it. After spending 2 days banging my head against this, I finally post to the forum. I then try a last ditch attempt, and change the fstab entry to:
    //Mercury/MERCURYDATA /mnt/MercuryData cifs credentials=/etc/samba/user,noexec,rw,umask=000,uid=richard,gid=users 0 0

    Adding uid=richard,gid=users

    richard is the kubuntu user that I'm logged in as.

    Seemed to solve the problem. Now, I just wish I knew why

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      #3
      Re: Write access to Samba share with fstab

      Originally posted by RichC
      Seemed to solve the problem. Now, I just wish I knew why
      See the Ubuntu Forums How to fstab and search on samba.
      Windows no longer obstructs my view.
      Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
      "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes

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