Re: [Nolug] fstabify

I was thinking about that, but with my level of experience it's best to ask
questions. Progress.

Many thanks

On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 12:16 PM, Brad Bendily <bendily@gmail.com> wrote:

> I would remove the fmask and dmask entirely. Then let samba handle the
> shares/permissions.
> I have one like this:
>
> /dev/sdd1 /media/samba ext3 acl,user_xattr
> 1 2
>
> Then my folder share part of my smb.conf looks like:
>
> [samba]
> comment = samba
> inherit acls = Yes
> path = /media/samba
> browseable = Yes
> read only = No
> guest ok = Yes
>
>
> This allows any one to connect and read/write. You'd have to change
> this to your needs.
> bb
>
> On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 11:31 AM, Clint Billedeaux <clint@fastbadge.com>
> wrote:
> > Thanks Brad,
> > you're correct sir. I am sharing files on two drives from my "server" to
> a
> > group of dose clients.
> > Samba is already set up and working. The problem is if the server loses
> and
> > regains power (unfortunately a problem that recurs almost weekly) I am
> the
> > only person who is remotely familiar with the server. Try as I might
> none
> > of my coworkers can get past their fear of learning to see that mounting
> > these drives is a piece of cake. So, I'm trying to mount the drives with
> > the fstab, but...the fstab file I created was kicking users in the teeth
> > when they tried to access the files.
> >
> > I think I found the solution though. my fmask and dmask are denying
> access
> > to anyone but root. I've modified that and will give it another try this
> > afternoon.
> > Clint.
> >
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 9:51 AM, Brad Bendily <bendily@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Clint,
> >> Can you help me to better understand what you're trying to do?
> >>
> >> As best as I can tell, you have two drives connected locally to your
> >> ubuntu server,
> >> then you want Windows workstations to read/write to those drives?
> >> Usually this kind of thing isn't done from fstab.
> >>
> >> You would setup fstab to mount the drives on boot.
> >>
> >> Then use samba to share them to your network. With samba you can setup
> >> the read/write permissions.
> >>
> >> bb
> >>
> >> On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 2:38 PM, Clint Billedeaux <clint@fastbadge.com>
> >> wrote:
> >> > Hey guys,
> >> > I'm trying to setup my Ubuntu server to mount a couple internal hard
> >> > drives
> >> > automatically.
> >> > Old fstab looks like this:
> >> > # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
> >> > proc /proc proc nodev,noexec,nosuid 0 0
> >> > /dev/sda1 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
> >> > # swap was on /dev/sda5 during installation
> >> > UUID=24c4b6f6-44ae-4159-8ff5-c812e016f6c5 none swap sw
> >> > 0 0
> >> > /dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto,exec,utf8 0
> >> > 0
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > This configuration allows all my networked clients to read/write once
> I
> >> > mount the shared HDDs.
> >> >
> >> > I modified it this way:
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
> >> > proc /proc proc nodev,noexec,nosuid 0 0
> >> > /dev/sda1 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
> >> > # swap was on /dev/sda5 during installation
> >> > UUID=24c4b6f6-44ae-4159-8ff5-c812e016f6c5 none swap sw
> >> > 0 0
> >> > /dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto,exec,utf8 0
> >> > 0
> >> > /dev/sdc1 /media/fastbadge ntfs-3g rw,auto,fmask=0111,dmask=0000 0 0
> >> > /dev/sdb1 /media/Macriums ntfs-3g rw,auto,fmask=0111,dmask=0000 0
> 0
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > The problem is even though the disks are mounted and all of the
> clients
> >> > on
> >> > the network can see them,
> >> > none can access them. Anyone want to offer a hint at what I'm
> missing?
> >> > Thanks,
> >> > Clint
> >>
> >>
> >>
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