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stampeder · 2011-05-16, 11:59 AM

That's Ubuntu 11.04, right? Is this still on your Acer laptop?

Jake · 2011-05-16, 01:09 PM

Yes my Acer. I have been fiddling with Samba all morning with no luck. Funny thing is Samba dialog box says I have no shares. smb.conf is also empty of shares. Yet I can see a share (and files) from my Windows XP machine. I know Nautilus File Sharing (which was part of the default desktop) is intertwined. I think when I right-click on a folder and select sharing properties it is in fact Nautilus FS I am looking at. Not nearly as simple as I was hoping. I have not been able to determine if shares in the /media path can actually be shared either. Googling results are abundant but completely all over the place in what to do.

Jake · 2011-05-16, 07:51 PM

Well a mini-success. It turns out my file-sharing woes were due to file permissions. Little did I know that if you (as an admin) set sharing permissions for a share it will not override the file permissions. Even when I tried to edit the PROPERTIES of the enclosed folder it would not apply to the enclosed files. Grrrr as I said it certainly feels like Windows/DOS INI days again.

I know I can use the console but geeze in this day I should not have to.

Jake · 2011-05-16, 11:06 PM

I could really use some fstab help right about now. Here are needed bits to create the entry in the file (incredible the lengths one has to go to). What is giving me concern is the UGO permissions and masks.

removable USB NTFS volume=iomega
uid=1000
gid=1000
UUID=E65488CC5488A0C3
All typical nested file/folders should be visible and readable.
User=Me with Read and Write no execute
Group=Me with Read and Write no execute
Other= Read Only with no execute
mount path=/media/iomega
Automatically mount

Francois Caron · 2011-05-17, 10:55 AM

It's not unusual for me to have to use the shell commands CHOWN, CHGRP and CHMOD to reset the file permissions.

Yeah. DOS style stuff, only more cryptic. Even when I do know how to fix things, it still drives me nuts how Linux is as complicated and as rude as the computer geeks who designed it.

classicsat · 2011-05-18, 05:59 PM

My /proc/mounts shows

Code:

/dev/sdb1 /media/FreeAgent\040Drive fuseblk rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=0,group_id=0,default_permissions,allow_other,blksize=4096 0 0

For my Seagate FreeAgent Go 500GB USB drive, NTFS format. There is no fstab entry for it. I can read and write it fine.
I am running ubuntu 10.04.

Jake · 2011-05-18, 10:23 PM

Quote:

I can read and write it fine

I can as well. But I am having trouble with it mounting with restricted OTHER permissions. I can manually change the permissions but I prefer to have it mount read only for all.

Ed7789 · 2011-05-19, 11:36 AM

If you want to mount an NTFS read-only for everyone, look at the mount command, which can specify that the partition is in forced read-only. An example of the command would be:

Code:

mount -t ntfs -o ro /dev/sdc1 /media/MountPoint

It can also be configured in /etc/fstab so it mount on boot as, also, read-only. Note that NTFS permissions simply do not apply to Unix/Linux systems, they only apply to Windows.

Jake · 2011-05-19, 12:00 PM

That is why I made post 124.

2011-05-16, 01:09 PM	#122
Jake Moderator Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Gatineau and Ottawa Posts: 10,171	Yes my Acer. I have been fiddling with Samba all morning with no luck. Funny thing is Samba dialog box says I have no shares. smb.conf is also empty of shares. Yet I can see a share (and files) from my Windows XP machine. I know Nautilus File Sharing (which was part of the default desktop) is intertwined. I think when I right-click on a folder and select sharing properties it is in fact Nautilus FS I am looking at. Not nearly as simple as I was hoping. I have not been able to determine if shares in the /media path can actually be shared either. Googling results are abundant but completely all over the place in what to do. __________________ Tip: See an offending post? Don't reply, report it by clicking on the 'Report Post' icon.

2011-05-16, 07:51 PM	#123
Jake Moderator Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Gatineau and Ottawa Posts: 10,171	Well a mini-success. It turns out my file-sharing woes were due to file permissions. Little did I know that if you (as an admin) set sharing permissions for a share it will not override the file permissions. Even when I tried to edit the PROPERTIES of the enclosed folder it would not apply to the enclosed files. Grrrr as I said it certainly feels like Windows/DOS INI days again. I know I can use the console but geeze in this day I should not have to. __________________ Tip: See an offending post? Don't reply, report it by clicking on the 'Report Post' icon.

2011-05-16, 11:06 PM	#124
Jake Moderator Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Gatineau and Ottawa Posts: 10,171	I could really use some fstab help right about now. Here are needed bits to create the entry in the file (incredible the lengths one has to go to). What is giving me concern is the UGO permissions and masks. removable USB NTFS volume=iomega uid=1000 gid=1000 UUID=E65488CC5488A0C3 All typical nested file/folders should be visible and readable. User=Me with Read and Write no execute Group=Me with Read and Write no execute Other= Read Only with no execute mount path=/media/iomega Automatically mount __________________ Tip: See an offending post? Don't reply, report it by clicking on the 'Report Post' icon.

2011-05-18, 05:59 PM	#126
classicsat Veteran Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Kincardine ON. Posts: 3,941	My /proc/mounts shows Code: /dev/sdb1 /media/FreeAgent\040Drive fuseblk rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=0,group_id=0,default_permissions,allow_other,blksize=4096 0 0 For my Seagate FreeAgent Go 500GB USB drive, NTFS format. There is no fstab entry for it. I can read and write it fine. I am running ubuntu 10.04.

2011-05-19, 11:36 AM	#128
Ed7789 Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 38	If you want to mount an NTFS read-only for everyone, look at the mount command, which can specify that the partition is in forced read-only. An example of the command would be: Code: mount -t ntfs -o ro /dev/sdc1 /media/MountPoint It can also be configured in /etc/fstab so it mount on boot as, also, read-only. Note that NTFS permissions simply do not apply to Unix/Linux systems, they only apply to Windows.

2011-05-16, 11:59 AM	#121
stampeder OTA Forum Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: North Delta, BC (96Av x 116St) Posts: 23,338	That's Ubuntu 11.04, right? Is this still on your Acer laptop?

2011-05-17, 10:55 AM	#125
Francois Caron Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,367	It's not unusual for me to have to use the shell commands CHOWN, CHGRP and CHMOD to reset the file permissions. Yeah. DOS style stuff, only more cryptic. Even when I do know how to fix things, it still drives me nuts how Linux is as complicated and as rude as the computer geeks who designed it.

2011-05-19, 12:00 PM	#129
Jake Moderator Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Gatineau and Ottawa Posts: 10,171	That is why I made post 124. __________________ Tip: See an offending post? Don't reply, report it by clicking on the 'Report Post' icon.

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