-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, 13 Dec 2002 08:46:21 +0100, Radu Popa wrote:
> I have a server runing samba in a mixed Lin/Win domain. In the same pc > I have 2 hard disks: 1 for linux, and the other one it is the old hard > disk in the pc where it used to be windows 98 os. All the shares on > the linux hdd work just fine for r/w. I have mounted the old hdd in > /mnt/oldhdd and I shared it across the network without any problems. > But I can't write to it from the network. I have the following lines > in smb.conf > > [Old Harddisk] > path = /mnt/oldhdd > writable = yes > comment = Old Hard Disk > create mode = 777 > public = yes > > My problem is that I can see the information on it, but I cannot write > to it. When I try to change the properties for the directory > /mnt/oldhdd so I give everyone write access it says permission denied. > I have tried this also from the console and X server. Is there any > trick with the fat partitions? FAT filesystems do not understand the same set of file access permissions and ownerships. One "trick" is to mount a vfat partition with a proper uid/gid/umask, see "man mount", so that the user who is logged in via Samba has write access. - -- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE9+agN0iMVcrivHFQRAob6AJ4pgNh9Sw8toxvoxyueD7KoSRJ8QgCfaQuC 2NXmN2q3lzWY19t+m0GT1eQ= =0TkJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
