[clyle]

Hello folks,
I have set up a samba folder on my Kubutu desktop using this command

sudo mount -t smbfs -o username=MY_USERNAME/NETWORK_SSID,password=SECRET //WINDOWS_BOX_NAME/300GB-zorro /home/chris/Desktop/300GB

(The capital letters are just for ID purposes). but the user name, ssid and password are the same as my windows login info

I can access the files on my Windows box via the mount folder on my Kubuntu desktop but I cant write files to them unless I use the sudo cp command as the mount drive is owned by root and grouped as root.

I have changed group permissions on the mount so I can rwx but I cant.

I have tried to chmod and chown the mount 300GB so I am the owner but i get this message,

(chris is the owner that I am trying to change the file to)

chris@r3000l:~/Desktop$ sudo chown chris 300GB
Password:
chown: changing ownership of `300GB': Operation not permitted
chris@r3000l:~/Desktop$

chris@r3000l:~/Desktop$ sudo chown chris:chris /home/chris/Desktop/300GB
chown: changing ownership of `/home/chris/Desktop/300GB': Operation not permitted

Can someone please help, this is my last day of work and it has been driving me mad for 2 days

[surya.theSun]

Did u enable modifying the content on Windows side?

[clyle]

Yes, it works when i access via another windows box but just cant seam to make it work on Kubuntu.

Does the command look OK as I am a newbie and all this is strange to me so far
Chris

[surya.theSun]

You will have to mount it as normal user, not root
See this: http://www.justlinux.com/nhf/Filesys...rmanently.html

[clyle]

Thanks, that site was a treat and it solved my problem.

Thanks for the help

Chris