OK, I've sorted out my problems with RH6.1 and thought I'd put it in this list for posterity (and people who use archive searches to solve problems). Problem 1: samba 2.0.5a no longer supports the -f and -g flags to add the UID and GID to connections, nor does the -P flag work. The man pages in the RPM file still relate to the 1.9 release and are basically useless. This stops users other than root writing to a smbmounted directory, and prevents scripts containing the password from working unatended. Solution: When using the -U option to specify username, use "-U user%password" to pass the password. To set the GID and UID allowing other users and groups write access to the mounted directories, set smbmount to SUID root and use "su - user -c "smbmount ...blah" to mount the directory with access by said user. Problem 2: IDE CDROM not working. Did work with RH5.2 Solution: The IRQ used by the IDE CDROM (corresponding to /dev/hdc) was non-standard and not found by the 2.2 kernel IDE module. Inserting append="hdc=cdrom" in lilo.conf, running LILO and rebooting made the CDROM magically burst into life. Vik :v) -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.
