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.)
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[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)
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