[SOLVED] CIFS - Can't write to Win Share

[banderas20]

Hello,

I have installed cifs-utils to be able to access Windows folders from Debian.

I have issued:

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sudo mount.cifs //192.168.1.137/shared ./Win-share/ -o user=user1 rw

The share mounts, but I can only read files. I'm unable to write anything to the windows share.

Also, i switch to root and I do:

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chmod -R 777 Win-share/
chmod: changing permissions of 'Win-share/': Permission denied

¿What am I doing wrong?

Thanks!

[arzgi]

Hello,

I have installed cifs-utils to be able to access Windows folders from Debian.

I have issued:

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s[code]udo mount.cifs //192.168.1.137/shared ./Win-share/ -o user=user1 rw

[/code]

The share mounts, but I can only read files. I'm unable to write anything to the windows share.

Also, i switch to root and I do:

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chmod -R 777 Win-share/
chmod: changing permissions of 'Win-share/': Permission denied

¿What am I doing wrong?

Thanks!

cifs-utils man page has explanation, why chown does not work. Try mounting like this:

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sudo mount -t cifs -o rw,user,exec //192.168.1.137/shared ./Win-share/ 

[banderas20]

Hello and thanks for replying.

I issue the command, replacing "user" for the real username and it prompts me:

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Password for root@//192.168.1.137/shared:  ******
mount error(22): Invalid argument

¿Why does it ask for 'root'? ¿What does the 'exec' do?

Thanks!

[gjaltemba]

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Usage:  mount.cifs <remotetarget> <dir> -o <options>

Mount the remote target, specified as a UNC name, to a local directory.

Options:
	user=<arg>
	pass=<arg>
	dom=<arg>

[arzgi]

Hello and thanks for replying.

I issue the command, replacing "user" for the real username and it prompts me:

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Password for root@//192.168.1.137/shared:  ******
mount error(22): Invalid argument

¿Why does it ask for 'root'? ¿What does the 'exec' do?

Thanks!

user is option like exec, is not meant to replaced by username. exec allows running binaries, that is often added, because user option reduces rights. But you can leave exec out, if you dont need it.

[banderas20]

Solved this way:

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sudo mkdir WinShare && sudo chmod 755 WinShare
sudo mount -t cifs //win_box/shared WinShare -o username=me,uid=me,gid=me

I think "win_box" must be the same in both hosts file and the real hostname of the Windows machine.

Thanks!