smbfs mount

[Ankush Grover]

On 7/19/06, Dan Track <dan.track at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi
>
> I've setup samba on a file server. I'm using ADS as the security
> level. Now I'd like to make a share that would allow guest to login,
> below is the share I've setup:
>
> [test]
>   path = /tmp/
>   public = yes
>   only guest = yes
>   writable = yes
>   printable = no
>   auth methods = guest
>   guest ok = yes
>   map to guest = Bad Password
>
> The problem I have is quite confusing. Basically I can't mount the
> above partition as an anonymous user when I use mount or mount.smb or
> mount.smbfs. However, I can connect to the share as an anonymous user
> if I use smbclient.
>
Why you mount the partition again and where on the server on which
this share is or on the some other system. The above permissions is
for the share means any user can access this share not for the mount
command.

> Could someone please help me understand why I can't mount the above
> using the mount command.
>
By default only root can issue mount or umount command. You can make
these commands available to you by either becoming root through su -
or by giving yourself the power to run these commands as sudo.


> Thanks in advance
> Dan
>
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