On 5/5/05, Matt R <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- Frood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 5/5/05, Matt R <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > Is it possible to use Samba as a drop-in > > replacement > > > > for NFS, namely, > > > > allowing a system-wide anonymous mount which > > > > authenticates access to > > > > files based simply on the unix ids of the user > > > > accessing the files and > > > > the file permissions are equivalent to what is > > > > present in the > > > > underlying file system that is exported. > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Frood > > > > > > Depending on your needs, possibly. Remember that > > smb > > > filesystems don't support unix symlinks. There > > could > > > be other changes. > > > > > > > I just tried symlinks and they worked > > (suprisingly!). I'm interested > > in finding out if I can have NFS-like mount > > semantics, where there is > > a systemwide mount that all users access, and access > > control is > > provided by unix file permissions, as opposed to SMB > > share semantics, > > where each user has to be authenticated before they > > can mount a file > > system. > > > -Matt > > > > > As far as permissions, I'm not sure if its a windows > server. if it's a samba server, then yes, UNIX > permissions rule. As far as mounting smb, use > mount_smbfs (options) $SERVER/SHARE > $LOCAL_MOUTNT_POINT. refer the man page for more > detail. > > It should be noted that (IIRC) that only Linux and Mac > OS X can mount SMB shares. Other UNIXes don't support > this. >
I have Linux as both the client and server. I can mount the samba share on the client anonymously, and I see the Unix permissions too. However when I try to create a new file in a directory, I get an ENOENT. I can understand EPERM, but ENOENT doesn't make too much sense. > -Matt > > Discover Yahoo! > Have fun online with music videos, cool games, IM and more. Check it out! > http://discover.yahoo.com/online.html > -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
