[ubuntu-uk] help with cifs permissions, please

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Darren Mansell wrote:
> On Fri, 2007-08-10 at 14:26 +0100, Neil Greenwood wrote:
>> Try adding a uid option to that line. I haven't tried it to see if it
>> helps, since I don't have any CIFS shares.

> CIFS should work in just the same was as SMB shares. The uid=1000 thing
> should work, I always need it anyway.


Darren / Neil >>> Thanks for your suggestions.  I guess I'm right in 
thinking I should edit the line in /etc/fstab to

//serverIP/public /media/nas cifs 
credentials=/root/.smbcredentials,uid=1000,iocharset=utf8,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777 
0 0

	Sadly, this doesn't solve the problem:  still when I make a test 
directory in Nautilus and drag it from /home to /media/nas I lose write 
permission for it - it appears with a lock symbol on it; and I get a 
permissions error when I try to delete it.  I can, however, drag files 
to the directory and open them. The directory appears to have 
permissions rwx r-x r-x.

	I'm afraid my understanding of this is at the level of painting by 
numbers (i.e. cutting and pasting from HowTos with little conception of 
what's going on).  So rational troubleshooting is a bit out of the 
question!  I'll do some more searches.  But if you - or anyone - have 
any more suggestions, I'd be grateful.

	Is it worth asking about this on Launchpad, or is that not the right place?

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