> Hey Folks!
>
> I'm in the process of converting one of my customers over to linux. As
> part of the transition, I first converted the ailing Windows ME server to
> a Linux Samaba Server. It is working just great. I'm now working on
> workstations. I'm having some issues trying to get the linux workstations
> to connect to the SMB shares.
>
> The fstab is like so:
>
> //server/share /mnt/share smbfs 0
It looks like you're missing a keyword in your fstab line. It should have
an options field (usually says something like 'defaults' or some
user/password field.
>
> The linux boot-up hangs on the Mount SMB shares line and eventually errors
> out on a message about invalid password. Although I have the shares on
> the server set up for public access I am still being asked for a password.
> (I can access them from a windows workstation without supplying a
> password.)
You can setup a "credentials" option in your fstab file pointing to a
user/password file (do man smbmount for the syntax). You can also put this
information directly in the fstab file but this is not recommended.
>
> When I attempt to do the mount from the command line I am also asked for a
> password and no matter what I type I get a message about root is the only
> one allowed to mount this share.
>
>
> I think it might have to do with the rights on smbmnt in /usr/bin/. What
> should the rights of the /usr/bin/smb* be? If someone has this working
> and can provide me with an ls -al of /usr/bin/smb*
It's not the permissions on the excutable but the settings in the fstab
that limit the users that can mount/unmount.
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