The permissions on the mounted directory changes during mount, you have to specify the permissions next to your "defaults" parameter in /etc/fstab
I suggest you put all your users that should have access to this drive into a group, and then put: gid=<that group's gid number>,umask=002 next to the "default" parameter See "man mount" Eirik Thorsnes Gagneet Singh wrote: >Hi! > I have two hard drives on my machine which I am using as a file server. >The first HDD contains the RH Linux 7.2 distribution and the second contains >Windows 98, the previous OS that I was using on the machine. > I have created a mount in the '/etc/fstab' file and the drives on the >second disk are visible over the intranet, when I try to access it on the >network. > The main problem comes when I have to save anything on that drive. It >gives an 'Access Denied' message and I am unable to write anything to this >drive. The '/etc/fstab' and '/etc/samba/smb.conf' files are given below: > >**************************************************************************** ># Samba config file created using SWAT ># from LinuxServer (127.0.0.1) ># Date: 2002/04/23 20:04:13 > ># Global parameters >[global] > workgroup = LACME > netbios name = LINUXSERVER > server string = Samba Server > encrypt passwords = Yes > password level = 8 > username level = 8 > log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log > max log size = 0 > socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192 > domain logons = Yes > dns proxy = No > wins support = Yes > admin users = gagneet > create mask = 0765 > hosts allow = 192.168.1. > printing = lprng > >[homes] > comment = Home Directories > valid users = %S > read only = No > create mask = 0664 > directory mask = 0775 > browseable = No > >[printers] > comment = All Printers > path = /var/spool/samba > printable = Yes > browseable = No > >[gagneet] > comment = Gagneet's Account > path = /home/gagneet > username = gagneet > valid users = gagneet > read only = No > guest ok = Yes > hosts allow = 192.168.1.53 > hide unreadable = Yes > fstype = vfat > >[wp] > comment = Windows Partion Account > path = /mnt/wp > username = gagneet > valid users = gagneet > read only = No > create mask = 0777 > directory mask = 0777 > inherit permissions = Yes > guest ok = Yes > hosts allow = 192.168.1.53 > fstype = vfat > dos filemode = Yes >*************************************************************************** > >*************************************************************************** > >LABEL=/ / ext3 defaults 1 1 >LABEL=/boot /boot ext3 defaults 1 2 >none /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0 >none /proc proc defaults 0 0 >none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 >/dev/hdb3 swap swap defaults 0 0 >/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 >noauto,owner,kudzu,ro 0 0 >/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,owner,kudzu 0 >0 >/dev/hdc1 /mnt/wp/drivec vfat defaults 0 0 >/dev/hdc5 /mnt/wp/drived vfat defaults 0 0 >/dev/hdc6 /mnt/wp/drivee vfat defaults 0 0 >**************************************************************************** > > Please advice on how to access my Windows drive with writeable >permissions. I have given the /mnt/wp folder full permissions with 'chmod >777 /mnt/wp'. > >Gagneet Singh >Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
