[K12OSN] Mounting SAMBA shares on a Linux workstation

[Rob Owens]

I believe for a user to use sshfs, he has to be a
member of the "fuse" group.  That's probably why
you're getting the "permission denied" error.

-Rob

--- Bert Rolston <bert.rolston at clear.net.nz> wrote:

> Hi Petre,
> 
> Thanks for the welcome back. I've been following the
> list continuously
> since 2001. I've been studying business for the last
> two years.
> 
> I've tried fusessh, and get this message
> 
> "fuse: failed to exec fusermount: Permission denied"
> 
> This happens on any folder based on the server.
> 
> I'm setting up a server for my business, and have
> shares for different
> functional groups in the company. 
> I've used Samba to force user and group on the
> share, files and
> directories in each share.
> For example user engineer (linux login disallowed),
> owns the engineer
> folder and all files. Through SAMBA I have force
> user/group  = engineer.
> This ensures that anyone can log in as themselves,
> but all files in the
> engineer share are owned by engineer. By making each
> person a member of
> group engineer they can access the files and modify
> them as necessary.
> Global / world access is denied. This produces the
> SAMBA equivalent of
> drwxrwx--- linux permissions, as I understand it
> from the Samba 3 by
> example how-to.
> 
> In Linux I have the perms set to drwxrwx---,
> engineer:engineer, with
> shell as nologin.
> 
> So I guess my security is a bit too restrictive. 
> 
> So back to the drawing board, unless you can make
> some other
> suggestions.
> 
> Thanks,
> Bert
> 
> 
> 
> >   25. Re: Mounting SAMBA shares on a Linux
> workstation (Petre Scheie)
> 
> > ------------------------------
> > 
> > Message: 25
> > Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 08:12:26 -0500
> > From: Petre Scheie <petre at maltzen.net>
> > Subject: Re: [K12OSN] Mounting SAMBA shares on a
> Linux workstation
> > To: "Support list for open source software in
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> > 
> > Hey Bert, good to see you back on the list again!
> > 
> > As to your problem, sshfs is your friend.  It
> allows you, as a non-root user, to mount 
> > directories from remote machines over ssh; no NFS
> needed.  The syntax is easy:
> > 
> > sshfs remotehost:/path/to/desired/directory
> /localmountpoint
> > 
> > /localmountpoint can be just a directory in your
> $HOME.  After you mount this, you can 
> > see the contents of the remote host right in
> /localmountpoint.  And this works from a 
> > thin client.  It is COOL!  Everything's
> transparent to your apps.  You can run it safely 
> > across the internet since it's all ssh.  It uses
> fuse, which is the same component used 
> > in LTSP 4.2's new improved Local Device Access.
> > 
> > The package you want is sshfs-fuse (or is it
> fuse-sshfs?  One or the other).  Do a yum 
> > install on it and you'll be on your way.
> > 
> > Petre
> > 
> > Bert Rolston wrote:
> > > Hey all,
> > > 
> > > Thanks for the help last week.
> > > 
> > > Now I've hit another snag.
> > > 
> > > I use FC5 as my OS of choice. I'm trying to open
> files on the Samba
> > > server from Open Office. The OO file browser
> won't let me access the
> > > network directly, the way Konqueror does. 
> > > 
> > > So I've come to the conclusion that I need to
> mount the SAMBA shares in
> > > my filesystem. Great in theory, difficult in
> practice.
> > > 
> > > I've tried using the mount.cifs man pages, but
> they are difficult to
> > > understand. 
> > > 
> > > The Redhat help FAQ's have useful suggestions,
> but it appears I can only
> > > carry out the methods in their FAQ's as root.
> > > 
> > > I can access the files through Konqueror. Which
> means I have to copy the
> > > file from the server to the local machine. Then
> I can work on it, and
> > > save it locally. After that I can save back to
> the server. This sort of
> > > defeats the purpose of a central file store /
> server.
> > > 
> > > I've also tried using NFS, but my workstation
> can't find the NFS server.
> > > 
> > > How are people on this list going about solving
> this problem?
> > > 
> > > Thanks for your help,
> > > Bert
> > > 
> > > 
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