-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 James D. Parra wrote: > Hello, > > I have several Linux workstations & servers that have their /home dir's > mounted via nfs to a single server hosting all of the /home/users* dir's . > What I'd like to do is change the mount from nfs to cifs and still maintain > the user permissions to each of their own directories. However, when > attempting to create a cifs mount to the smb share /home on the host server > I get denied. What is the best method to accomplish getting a cifs mount to > a smb share of /home and still maintain individual user permissions? > Interestingly, windows boxes can see the /home share and individual users > can get to their personal dir's. > > Why make the change? To prevent the annoying RPC errors on the client > machines that occur when the host server is rebooted. I've noticed that > doesn't occur with cifs mounts. > > Many thanks, > > James
Seeing as no-one seems to have responded to your questions I will make a couple of observations. When you have both Windows and Linux using cifs rather than NFS is a logical choice for reasons other than those you state. But before taking on this move one should be aware of one potentially major show stopper. OpenOffice has a history of issues using cifs under *NIX, and this is ongoing (it seems to particularly sensitive to some known issues in the linux cifs implementation). If you are user of OpenOffice I would spend some time tuning and testing your samba server with OpenOffice before deployment. You do not specify what you are using for authentication, and a look at how you have defined the home share, and the user ID mapping method you are intending to use may help in giving advice. pam_mount is supposed to handle the authentication requirements of mounting when logging in. - -- ============================================================================== I have always wished that my computer would be as easy to use as my telephone. My wish has come true. I no longer know how to use my telephone. Bjarne Stroustrup ============================================================================== -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHDzkAasN0sSnLmgIRApi4AKD6BY5p5tThvNePEqTgOaio3/MiMACghLfG tjBYzkD3NhnOrncT7lzWKb4= =v95T -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
