On Mon, 2005-11-21 at 14:25 -0800, Nikki wrote: > Using Fedora Core 4, Samba 3.0.14a-2, apache 2.0.54, MySQL 4.14-standard, > and Tomcat 5.5.9 > > I am using XP machines to access a file server also running XP. The database > server however is FC4, so I use Samba to create the file structure, so far > as linux knows, on the database server. This is so that the the front end > for the database, java code (JSP's and Servlets) also running on the > database server, has easy access to all the necessary files. I realize there > are about 10^9 ways to set this up, but this is the way we chose. The java > code works fine for directories not set up by Samba. I can write just fine > to /usr/local/apache2/htdocs. I cannot write to > /usr/local/apache2/htdocs/$name. > > in /etc/fstab I have added two lines: > //$fileServerName/$name1 /usr/local/apache2/htdocs/$name1 smbfs > credentials=/home/$userName/credentials 0 0 > //$fileServerName/$name2 /usr/local/apache2/htdocs/$name2 smbfs > credentials=/home/$userName/credentials 0 0 > (of course, $names are just me substituting for the actual names entered, > which can't be of any relevance to anyone reading this) > (oh, and 'credentials') > > This does create the file server structure on the linux drive, and I may > read from it freely, but cannot write anything new to it, except as root, > which isn't who the java code is running as. At least I don't think it is. > Now that I think of it, I'm a big load of 'not sure'. Tomcat was installed > as root, and all the code runs from JSP's, Beans, and Servlets through > Tomcat. > > All I really want is the ability to create a new folder in the Samba created > directories. The java code returns true or false correctly on blah.exists(), > but if false, then simply won't write the new file :( Works perfectly in > ~/htdocs, but not the Samba directories. > > in smbpasswd there are three entries: > bloggins, rbuser(also limited account on file server), sort(account on file > server with administrative access) > > in smbusers: > root = administrator admin bloggins sort > rbuser = rbuser > nobody = guest pcguest smbguest > > I am attaching the smb.conf file I am using. > > Any help is appreciated, ---- mounts via smbfs / fstab have nothing to do with samba at all. smbpasswd/smb.conf/smbuser have nothing to do with it either.
man mount probably has some of the answers you need. I probably would just install Microsoft's 'Services For Unix' on a setup like this and do an nfs mount (or mounts) Craig -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba