On Thu, 2004-03-18 at 21:20, Chadley Wilson wrote: > A topic covered many times before. > > So I add this line to /etc/fstab > > //196.25.100.120/cdrive /home/mnt/windoze smbfs noauto,owner,rw 0 0 > > Now I can right click the desktop and select windoze > but it says only root can mount. > > > mount: only root can mount //196.25.100.120/cdrive on /home/mnt/windoze > > It does work as root but not user. > > Why must mount be only for root, can't I choose the security here? > > Chad > Hi this is what I have in my fstab for permissions etc. //kids/C /kids/C smbfs noauto,users,username=laurence, password=mypassword,uid=laurence,gid=laurence 0 0 all one line! laurence is a user name defined on the windows box and my id on the linux box. Laurence
