Re: Mounting Samba and fstab problem

[Jesse Sheidlower <jester@panix.com>]

On Sat, Dec 06, 2008 at 08:16:06PM +0200, subscriptions wrote:
> On Sat, 2008-12-06 at 17:52 +0100, Jesse Sheidlower wrote:
> > 
> > I'm trying to set up a Samba share on a Lenny laptop that I
> > can access as a regular user (i.e., me). I've tried going
> > through the man pages and Googling, but I'm still hung up on
> > something.
> > 
> > I can mount it manually with:
> > 
> >   $ sudo mount -t smbfs -o username=jester //192.168.1.10/HD /mnt/RemoteDisk
> > 
> > and then entering the Samba password. However, then I only
> > have access as root.
> 
> ...
> 
> > Where is my mistake here? I've tried various things with no luck.
> > 
> > Thanks.
> > 
> > Jesse Sheidlower
> 
> Use samba mount (as user, no fstab needed):
> $ smbmount //192.168.1.10/HD mount-point
> 
> Where mount-point has 'rwx' for you!

Oh, god, thanks so much. The problem was just that
/mnt/RemoteDisk was owned by root; once I changed this there's
no problem with either an fstab-based mount or smbmount.

Thanks!

Jesse