oops, forgot to add this, for future reference: http://www.turnpike420.net/linux/smbmount.txt
thanks again joel. David McD On Tue, 1 Mar 2005 14:55:30 -0500, David McDowell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Joel, awesome! > > //SERVER/ShareName /mnt/webbackup smbfs > uid=apache,credentials=/path/to/.credfile 0 0 > > which results in: > drwxr-xr-x 1 apache root 26645 Feb 28 19:54 webbackup > > Worked like a charm! :) > > Thank you! > David McD > > > On Tue, 01 Mar 2005 14:38:55 -0500, Joel Ebel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Try adding uid=apache to your fstab line. A similar gid= options exists > > if you so choose. That will make all the files appear as owned by the > > apache user, and should allow that user to write to it. man smbmount > > should show you lots of other options that might be useful too. > > > > Joel > > > > David McDowell wrote: > > > In my current setup, I have a RH flavored linux distro. I have the > > > following line in my /etc/fstab which mounts a share folder on a > > > windows network to the mnt point so that an rsync cron.d job will run. > > > The job successfully rsync's my complete web directory to the share > > > location where the backup tapes in the Microsoft environment can grab > > > the files. The .credfile has the Microsoft share's username and > > > password for auth by the Microsoft machine to the share. Everything > > > here works great. Root has the mount, root runs the cron.d, mount > > > works, script works, all is happy. > > > > > > //SERVER/ShareName /mnt/webbackup smbfs credentials=/path/to/.credfile 0 0 > > > > > > Now is where I'm a bit confused, maybe just syntax related. The > > > /etc/fstab line above connects to the Microsoft share as user foo, > > > password bar, just as the .credfile states it should. As the root > > > user on the linux box, I can make directories, cp files, mv files, > > > delete files, basically everything works perfectly as I said. So this > > > does not appear to be a permissions issue with the Microsoft share. I > > > believe where I'm going is bumping into problems with the way other > > > users on the linux box talk to the share. Here's what I mean. > > > > > > I am creating a web app using PHP 4.x on Apache 2.x on this linux box. > > > The PHP is accepting uploaded files, and the PHP path for placement > > > of those uploaded files is /mnt/webbackup/ and any folders and files > > > structure that I create with the app should be able to be placed > > > there. As many of you know, httpd doesn't run as root. It runs as > > > apache by default. So it would seem that the local apache user on > > > this linux box is unable to use the share created in the /etc/fstab. > > > > > > With the share umounted, I tried changing ownership and perms of the > > > /mnt/webbackup mount point. But, whenever I run mount -a to test the > > > line from /etc/fstab, it never fails to change back to: > > > drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 24567 Feb 28 18:38 webbackup > > > No amount of chmod, chown seem to change the mount point once the > > > mount is established either. > > > > > > So, how do I make this mount point usable by a regular user such as > > > apache, yet still allow it to be in /etc/fstab (for automation > > > purposes in case of reboot due to new kernel, UPS failure, etc.) > > > > > > After the smbfs, do I need rw,apache,credentials=/path/to/.credfile to > > > give the apache user read/write access? This is what I'm getting out > > > of the first few google hits. Something else I'm reading says: > > > To enable non root user to mount smb shares you must set smbmnt setuid > > > Here's how > > > # cd /usr/lib/samba/classic > > > # chmod +s smbmnt > > > > > > which I think is from Solaris? I find this equiv in samba 3.x: > > > chmod +s /usr/bin/smbmnt > > > I think... so can the share still be connected using my current > > > /etc/fstab and then used by the apache user after that from the PHP > > > web app? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > David McD > > -- > > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > > TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc > > > -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
