Toby Bluhm wrote:
Rick Johnson wrote:
Adam Williams wrote:
what are the settings on the share you're trying to mount? does it
have something like valid users = rickj
Well, that is hard to determine. If you're asking whether the drive
has something like an "smb.conf" file containing share settings the
answer is no. The only access I have to the Maxtor drive is via a
browser interface. I have used the menu in that to set all files for
full public access, but beyond that I have no finer control. (I have
So in public mode, it's probably going to throw all user info away and
map everything to a universal id. Have you looked closely at the file
perm/ownership from the Windows client? Saved files as joe user & then
jane user - does it keep the distinction? I'll venture no.
There is no Windows "client". The Maxtor shows up in "My Netowrk Places"
and is mapped as just another drive from Windows; in my particular case,
as the "Z" drive.
If it's possible, have you tried setting up individual users through the
nas interface?
Yes. The drive has been set up with different users since the beginning.
Could also just work with the fact that no perm/owner info will be kept.
Collect that info & store it to a file. A recursive getfacl to collect &
setfacl to restore could do the trick.
Judging by what I see through the web interface, there must be SOME type
of user info stored, but how or where I don't know and can't see.
found via www.openmss.org that the underlying filesystem of the drive
is Linux - reiser I think - but beyond that I have no data on the
filesystem other than what I see when I smbmount the drive.)
Perhaps there's a way to break into the Linux the nas is running &
change stuff to your suiting.
I think this is a possibility and I've been looking for more info;
unfortunately without success so far.
I've heard many times of people with an appliance trying to do something
beyond its intended function & hitting a brick wall. Your situation is
why I never recommend an appliance to anyone other than a pure,
non-hacker, non-power type Windows user. A NAS type distro or even a
full distro on a junker PC would be a better solution. More work, but
better results.
You're probably right. But since I've already got the drive I need to
figure out a way to use it.
Rick J.
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