* Joshua L. Jones [Fri, 30 Apr 2004 at 13:02 -0400] > Hello. > > I have set up samba file sharing between my Linux laptop and my XP > desktop. If I am root, I can type the following > > mount -t smbfs -o username=user //XPserver/Sharename /mnt/mountpoint > > and I can share files, etc. But if i run the same command NOT as root, > i get a message saying only root can do that: > > mount: only root can do that > > How can I fix this problem so that I, as a user, can mount the samba > share? > > Thanks, > josh
Only root can use mount in the form 'mount [options] <device/share> <mountpoint>' for a regular user to mount something there has to be an entry in /etc/fstab (man fstab). In the case of samba, there's also smbmount //server/share mountpoint where mountpoint is a directory you have appropriate permissions on (could be a directory in your homedir). Any user can mount shares this way. Also check out xsmbrowser, it still needs some work, but it's still pretty cool.
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