'user' option in fstab

**pajamabama** · 10-05-2005

I've got the following line in my fstab:

Code:

//bullwinkle/scolgan	/home/sean/CSMEG_scolgan	cifs   noauto,user,sync,username=scolgan%<my_password>,uid=sean,gid=users,file_mod=0755,dir_mode=0755	0 0

This is to mount a W2K3 server share. This is on a laptop so I'm not always connected to that network, thus the 'noauto' (use of 'auto' would probably obviate this issue).

I've also included the 'user' option. This is supposed to let me mount this share as a user correct? For some reason this is not the case. I must su- root first.

This is the error I get as a user:

Code:

sean@Iago&#58;~> mount /home/sean/CSMEG_scolgan/
mount error 1 = Operation not permitted
Refer to the mount.cifs&#40;8&#41; manual page &#40;e.g.man mount.cifs&#41;

My guess is that this is because 'user' is also an option for mount.cifs and it's somehow being applied to that instead. I'm using the 'username' option for cifs to try to resolve this but, as you can see, no love.

Anyone have any thoughts on this?

**jaboua** · 10-05-2005

Try using "users" instead of "user". The only differense is that all users can umount it again and such.

**pajamabama** · 10-05-2005

so I replaced the 'user' option in fstab with 'users'. Here's the fstab entry now:

Code:

//bullwinkle/scolgan	/home/sean/CSMEG_scolgan	cifs	noauto,users,sync,username=scolgan%<my_password>,uid=sean,gid=users,file_mod=0755,dir_mode=0755	0 0

now I'm getting a new problem:

Code:

sean@Iago&#58;~> mount /home/sean/CSMEG_scolgan/
username specified with no parameter

which I'm getting for both users and root. so it's fixed the permission issue I guess but maybe is still getting confused by the 'users' & 'username' options?

**jaboua** · 10-06-2005

Try without the UID and GID options, if your user mount it, then it will probably be mounted with that owner as well.

**CodeRoot** · 10-08-2005

Try 'user=' instead of 'username='.
Also, 'file_mod=' -> 'file_mode='.

**pajamabama** · 10-08-2005

Is there a way of loading changes to the fstab without restarting?

**jaboua** · 10-08-2005

Originally Posted by pajamabama

Is there a way of loading changes to the fstab without restarting?

umount the partition you changed entry for

run "mount -a"

**CodeRoot** · 10-09-2005

The 'noauto' option will render "mount -a" ineffective for that device.

Suggestion:

Execute: umount /home/sean/CSMEG_scolgan/
Edit fstab and save.
Execute: mount /home/sean/CSMEG_scolgan/

NOTES:

From the mount.cifs man-page:

user=arg
specifies the username to connect as. If this is not given, then the environment variable USER is used. This option can also take the form "user%password" or "user/workgroup" or "user/workgroup%password" to allow the password and workgroup to be specified as part of the user name.

Cifsfs has the parameter user=, not username=, like smbfs.

(Emphasis mine.)

'user' and 'user=' should both be usable together. Try placing the 'cifs' options first, followed by the standard mount options.

**pajamabama** · 10-09-2005

I've tried both the 'user' and 'username' options for cifs. The 'username' option is still valid, I believe, for backwards compatability. I tried 'username' because I thought that might aleveiate the confusion with the mount 'user' option. So far though, nothing seems to have solved it.

It's not a big deal, because I can just su- root to mount the share. But gosh-drat-it, I want this thing to work like it's supposed to.

**jaboua** · 10-09-2005

Maybe yast does the trick for you?

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