roland wrote: >>> I'm running Samba on a Fedora machine, >>> and was hoping to access files on a Windows XP Pro client, >>> by "sudo mount -t cifs harriet:C /mnt/win". >>> This works OK, but I am not able to browse on the Windows machine. >>> >>> Am I misunderstanding something about how Samba works? >>> Do I need to specify this Windows folder on the Linux box? >>> Or is there some step I am meant to take on the Windows machine, >>> beyond allowing File and Folder Sharing? >> >> I've done things like that, but find that I need to use some additional >> mount options to pass along username and password for the share being >> mounted. something like: > also if you want read-write permission > > mount -t cifs -o user=me,password=mypassword,rw //host/path /mnt/foobar > > default is rw but this seems not to be the case sometimes. Don't ask me > why Thanks for all the suggestions. I've tried the above command, but the result is exactly the same. I can connect to harriet:C , say, but when I browse eg to Documents and Settings\tim permission to list is refused. However, I can list Documents and Settings\Default User . In general, I am completely confused by the Windows setup. For example, I have two shares, EAGC and EAGD, on drives C and D. As far as I can see, the setup on these drives and shares is identical; but I can mount and access share EAGD, but not EAGC (as seen below). Having experimented for a time, I've come to the conclusion that my problem lies in the Windows machine, and not in the Linux Samba server. I suspect the solution may lie in trying to set up a Windows network involving 2 Windows machines. Also, I've been using a Windows Workgroup, I could try to set up a Domain. Incidentally, the reason I have been trying to setup Samba is to backup the Windows machine with BackupPC running on my Linux server. (This works perfectly in backing up Linux machines.) ----------------------------------------- [root@helen ~]# mount -t cifs -o user=tim,password=****,rw //harriet/C /mnt/win [root@helen ~]# cd /mnt/win [root@helen win]# ls 17a7ba471958c0ae38b1428af3cefc4d Config.Msi IO.SYS MSOCache ProgramData WINDOWS AUTOEXEC.BAT CONFIG.SYS logs NTDETECT.COM Program Files $AVG8.VAULT$ Documents and Settings log.txt ntldr RECYCLER boot.ini hiberfil.sys MSDOS.SYS pagefile.sys System Volume Information [root@helen win]# cd Documents\ and\ Settings/ [root@helen Documents and Settings]# ls All Users Default User deirdre LocalService NetworkService roisin tim [root@helen Documents and Settings]# ls tim ls: reading directory tim: Permission denied [root@helen Documents and Settings]# ls Default\ User/ Application Data Desktop Local Settings NetHood NTUSER.DAT.LOG Recent Start Menu Cookies Favorites My Documents NTUSER.DAT PrintHood SendTo Templates [root@helen Documents and Settings]# cd [root@helen ~]# umount /mnt/win [root@helen ~]# mount -t cifs -o user=tim,password=****,rw //harriet/EAGD /mnt/win [root@helen ~]# ls /mnt/win The Sims 2 [root@helen ~]# umount /mnt/win [root@helen ~]# mount -t cifs -o user=tim,password=rOisin,rw //harriet/EAGC /mnt/win mount error 13 = Permission denied Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g.man mount.cifs) ----------------------------------------- -- Timothy Murphy e-mail: gayleard /at/ eircom.net tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
