OT Linux Help (again)

[Lammy]

OK I'm trying to mount a network folder on a Windows machine. Which I can do. However when I come to try and set the permissions it LIES!

Here's what I do;

mount -t smbfs -o username=[UNAME],workgroup=[WGRP] //[ip address]/[path] /[folder]

this works fine. However I only have write access in root.

so I do this

chmod 777 /[folder]

it tells me that it has changed the permissions. But I don't believe it so I check with a

ls -l

low and behold, nothing has changed.

Please help!!!

 

[Lammy]

cough

 

[nail-Z]

Do you need to specify the full path to the folder with the CHMOD?

 

[Cian]

Can you change permissions over smb? If the user you've logged in as doesn't have the permissions to begin with, you're f***ed IIRC.

 

[Lammy]

Can you change permissions over smb? If the user you've logged in as doesn't have the permissions to begin with, you're f***ed IIRC.

Linux really is a load of COCK!

How do I give myself root privileges?

 

[Cian]

"su" then type in the root password. If you know it.

Can you not mount the smb in your home dir? You don't -have- to mount a drive in /

 

[Lammy]

"su" then type in the root password. If you know it.

Can you not mount the smb in your home dir? You don't -have- to mount a drive in /

su just means I log in as root rather than giving the user root priv.

If I mount the drive in my home directory will that make a difference?

 

[watsongooal]

Have you switched it off and on again?

 

[Cian]

well, you can't give any user other than root root privilidges - unlike Windows. You can however do operations as root (ala runas on Windows) with "sudo" but sudo needs to be set up.

Mounting under your home dir means you should have full access to it and is otherwise no different to mounting under /. I always mount drives in to /mnt, so /home/lammy or whatever is functionally no different.

 

[Lammy]

well, you can't give any user other than root root privilidges - unlike Windows. You can however do operations as root (ala runas on Windows) with "sudo" but sudo needs to be set up.

Mounting under your home dir means you should have full access to it and is otherwise no different to mounting under /. I always mount drives in to /mnt, so /home/lammy or whatever is functionally no different.

just mounted it to /home/lammy/nas

I have full access as root but not as lammy

 

[Cian]

even under your home dir? methinks Samba's permissions handling is a load of bollox then. But then again, it is just a clone of CIFS, and CIFS permissions handling is a load of bollox too...

 

[Lammy]

even under your home dir? methinks Samba's permissions handling is a load of bollox then. But then again, it is just a clone of CIFS, and CIFS permissions handling is a load of bollox too...

I find everything in Linux takes me a day to set up. In Windows I tend to get things running in a few minutes. Granted I have much more experience with Windows but I can never remember it being this painful!

thanks for the help anyway

 

[adrian29uk]

Thats better. I say it looks smashing.

 

[Ccider]

Have you switched it off and on again?

Switch it off and NEVER switch it on again!