No, since it includes my username on the Samba server. But I can paraphrase the line from it for you... //machinename/sharename /mnt/mountdir smbfs noauto,rw,fmask=777,dmask=777,username=guest% 0 0 Jon K wrote: > I've been trying to do this myself, can you post your fstab for me? thanks. > > On Tuesday 02 July 2002 17:39, Digital Wokan wrote: > >>On Tuesday 02 July 2002 14:29, Tom Achtenberg wrote: >> >>>In my fstab file, for an smb share what entry do I need to give all users >>>read/write privileges? >>> >>after the smbfs (file system type) entry, make sure the following are added >>to the options field: rw,fmask=777,dmask=777 >> >>It took me most of an afternoon of hunting between man pages and google to >>finally get that answer. This is the kind of setting that needs more >>documentation and examples for sysadmins to study. (Including the usual >>warnings about potential security hazards from using those settings.) >> >>________________________________________________ >>See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't >>post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. >> >>PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > ________________________________________________ > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >