File Permissions

Can Samba work to mount partitions on the same computer (e.g. a dual boot
system)??? It sounds like the windows partitions are being mounted in Read-Only
mode for regular users.

"J.L.Francois" wrote:
>
> Don't know which you are using.
> Try both.
>
> 1. man smbmount
>
> /usr/sbin/smbmount //WINBOX/SHARE /mnt/winbox \
> -U MYNAME -c MOUNTINGHOST -P Password -f 000 -d 000 \
> -u AnyUserToUseAsMountUserID -g GroupForThatUSER
>
> 2. man mount
>
> mode=value
>
> example: mode=0777
>
> Orig Msg> I have windows partitions, and I want to move some of my work to them so
> Orig Msg> I can access the files in Windows. When I try as a user or as root, it
> Orig Msg> won't let me copy anything to the windows part of my hard drives...
> Orig Msg> I have tried chown on them and chmod, but it won't allow me to change
> Orig Msg> them... It allows me to write to the partitions as root, but doesn't
> Orig Msg> allow me to copy files to it? What am I doing wrong?
> Orig Msg>
> Orig Msg> Thanks,
> Orig Msg>
> Orig Msg> Eric
>
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