Alan Su wrote: > > hi everyone- > > i have a linux box and a win98 box on a network, with the windows box > exporting a directory via SMB. i use smbmount to mount the share, > which works fine. the problem arises when i try the following > operation: > > 9:27 [28] alsu (alsu):tmp/salishan99/CVS -> ls -l Entries* > -rwxr-xr-x 1 alsu alsu 0 Apr 17 09:26 Entries* > -rwxr-xr-x 1 alsu alsu 308 Apr 17 09:26 Entries.Backup* > -rwxr-xr-x 1 alsu alsu 320 Apr 17 09:26 Entries.Log* > 9:27 [29] alsu (alsu):tmp/salishan99/CVS -> mv -f Entries.Backup Entries > mv: cannot move `Entries.Backup' to `Entries': Permission denied > > basically, mv doesn't want to unlink the Entries file to rename > Entries.Backup to Entries. this is essentially the operation that CVS > wants to perform when updating a working directory. > > has anyone encountered this problem and know of a solution? i could > be way off here, but it seems like a problem in the implmentation of > smbfs.
Well here's a simple thing to check: Do you have write permission on the SMB share? In windows you can have two passwords... one for read and one for write. Also note: if using 2.1 or 2.2 kernels you need to use the smbsfx package, that includes a modified smbmount I think it's called smbmount-2.1.x or similar. I used to mount a friend's mp3 collection directory via SMB and play MP3's on my workstation using x11amp. :) But he would only give me his read access password and not the write access one. --Brock --------------------- PGP 43 3C 3B CB CE 4B BF D3 F4 59 BD 97 92 DB 48 9C __ _ Debian GNU R. Brock Lynn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> / /(_)_ __ _ ___ __ www.debian.org irc.openprojects.net / / | | '_ \| | | \ \/ / / /__| | | | | |_| |> < World Domination, of course. \____/_|_| |_|\__,_/_/\_\ And scantily clad females.
