mount per user

[Ankush Grover]

> > > > I have a client with a MSserver and a server Fedora3.
> > > > On te MsServer every user has a home dir.
> > > > I would like to mount his homedir on the MsServer everytime he logs in.
> > > > I thought of inserting a line into /etc/fstab
> > > > //HisComputer/HisShare  /mnt/MyMount     smbfs     noauto,user 0 0
> > > > And put a mount /mnt/MyMount  into ~/.bashrc
> > > > and do the umount in ~/.bash_logout
> > > > But somehow it does not work.
> > > >
> > > > Linux refuses to mount as a normal user
> > > > so i have to use sudo.
> > > > Is there a better way?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks
> > > > Roland
> > > > roland at cat.be
> > > >
> > >
> > > One way
> > > run smbmount and smbumount with setuid
> > >
> > > chmod u+s smbmount
> > > chmod u+s smbumount
> > >
> > But ofcourse security problems.
> >
> >
> > Or you can mention the owner of the home dir  with uid and gid in fstab
> >
> > //HisComputer/HisShare  /mnt/MyMount     smbfs    uid=515,gid=515 0 0
> >
> > Now user with uid 515 and group with id 515 has all the rights on
> > their home directory.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Ankush Grover
> 
> Sorry for sending you this message directly, but I must have a solution
> the latest tomorrow.
> 
> I changed this chmod on smbmount
> but then I get the message
> $ mount /mnt/pcleen
> libsmb based programs must *NOT* be setuid root.
> 22339: Connection to 192.1.1.1 failed
> SMB connection failed
> 
> You need also to know that the password for Linux and MsServer is
> different, because of Lx security.
> 
> I installed linneighborhood.
> But I do not understand what is happening, in other words, nothing is.
> I see the lx Server and his mounts


If you r using Windows 2003 then through smbfs you can't mount the
windows directories.You need to use cifs for that


mount -t cifs -o username=john //windowsserver/share /mnt/smb 

in /etc/fstab

//windows/share        /mnt/smb            cifs       
credentials=/etc/.smb uid=515,gid=515   0 0

 even it is not windows 2003 you can use cifs with any windows.


in /etc/.smb file 

username=john (windows username)

password=the password for the user john

don't make this file world readable.

for more information   "man mount.cifs"

Regards

Ankush Grover