[sllug-members]: NFS / SAMBA

[Adam Barrett]

Thanks, that is exactly what i needed.

On 8/26/06, Knight Walker <kwalker at kobran.org> wrote:
> On Sat, 2006-08-26 at 00:39 -0600, Adam Barrett wrote:
> > I have two linux boxes running in my office. 1 is a server the other a
> > workstation.
> >
> > I want to mount some of the servers folders/files locally for the
> > workstation, however I am having problems with the setup. I have
> > successfully mounted the directory I want, but the workstation login
> > is not allowed to make folders remotely.
>
> Sounds like a permission problem.  How are you mounting it, Samba or
> NFS?
>
> > I suspect that I will have to setup a shared permissions between the
> > server and the workstation.
>
> Not necessarily, but sort of.  It depends on if you are using Samba or
> NFS.
>
> If you're using NFS, you should be aware that NFS works on UID/GIDs, not
> login names, meaning you need to have the same UID for that user account
> on both machines for things to make sense.  You also may need to
> alter /etc/exports to add the "no_root_squash" variable on your exported
> directories, or root on the client is not root on the server (Obviously,
> this is a potential security hole).
>
> Samba works on the principle of translating Windows security rules to
> Linux, meaning that if you login as user "adam" through Samba (And by
> this, I mean the "adam" Linux user, not necessarily the "adam" Windows
> account, since Samba can do translation between accounts), you should
> have all the rights and privs for that user.  So if the directory is
> writable by "adam" or any of the groups that "adam" is part of, then you
> should be able to create directories/files through Samba.
>
> > If so, can someone point me in the right direction, just a online doc
> > on it would be very helpful. I just am not sure where to start.
>
> NFS HOWTO: http://tldp.org/HOWTO/NFS-HOWTO/index.html
> Samba HOWTO: http://tldp.org/HOWTO/SMB-HOWTO.html
>
> They're not SUSE specific, and they'll have you out on the command line
> editing files as root, but they should get you about where you need to
> be.
>
> -KW
>
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Adam Barrett
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