cifs not using uid and gid

mattd7591 · 05-26-2007, 09:33 PM

After using smbfs, I switched to cifs after smb kept timing out.
However it is not using the uid option as samba did
With the uid=matt,gid=matt options, it is still root.
I also tried with the noperm option, but that didn't help.
The server is a maxtor share drive, so I really don't have any control over it. here is fstab

Code:

#Samba Shares
#//ALLOFUS/MUSIC		/mnt/music	smbfs	user,ro,auto,username=matt,password=linux,uid=matt,gid=matt	0	0
#//ALLOFUS/MSD		/mnt/msd	smbfs	user,rw,auto,username=matt,password=linux,uid=matt,gid=matt	0	0
#//DEBRA-PC/Public	/mnt/mom	smbfs	user,ro,auto,username=matt,password=linux,uid=matt,gid=matt	0	0
#//ALLOFUS/backupmsd	/mnt/backupmsd	smbfs	user,rw,auto,username=matt,password=linux,uid=matt,gid=matt	0	0

#cifs Shares
ALLOFUS:MUSIC		/mnt/music	cifs	user,ro,auto,user=matt,pass=linux,uid=matt,gid=matt	0	0
ALLOFUS:MSD		/mnt/msd	cifs	user,rw,auto,user=matt,pass=linux,uid=matt,gid=matt	0	0
DEBRA-PC:Public	/mnt/mom	cifs	user,ro,auto,user=matt,pass=linux,uid=matt,gid=matt	0	0
ALLOFUS:backupmsd	/mnt/backupmsd	cifs	user,rw,auto,user=matt,pass=linux,uid=matt,gid=matt	0	0

The samba section is commented out, as it is there for reference. Doe anyone know hot to correct this?

Micro420 · 05-26-2007, 09:43 PM

Hmmm, perhaps try UID and GID #'s instead?

mattd7591 · 05-26-2007, 09:48 PM

I tried it. Didn't work. I keep reading stuff if the server supports some Unix extension, it uses it even if uid is specified in options. I don't really understand exactly what this is and can't figure out how to override it.
Thanks for the quick response.

mattd7591 · 05-27-2007, 10:28 AM

I also tried

Code:

echo 0 > /proc/fs/cifs/LinuxExtensionsEnabled

but it doesn't work. I believe the problems is Unix Extensions. However, being a Maxtor Network Drive, I can' turn it off on the server.
So I need to figure out how to overide Unix Extensions on the clien, debian Lenny.

mattd7591 · 05-27-2007, 10:34 AM

Code:

Figured it out. Leaving off user made it work (There aren't usernames, but it stilla sks for it; random characters work.

Disregard that, it isn't working now
Help

saavik · 05-29-2007, 04:49 AM

I think you ran into a problem with the kernel which will now be fixed with kernel 2.6.22

Quote:

Steve French (10):
[CIFS] Remove unnecessary parm to cifs_reopen_file
[CIFS] Add write perm for usr to file on windows should remove r/o dos attr
[CIFS] New CIFS POSIX mkdir performance improvement
[CIFS] New CIFS POSIX mkdir performance improvement (part 2)
[CIFS] Add IPv6 support
[CIFS] Update cifs version to 1.49
[CIFS] prefixpath mounts to servers supporting posix paths used wrong slash
[CIFS] UID/GID override on CIFS mounts to Samba
[CIFS] Fix oops in reset_cifs_unix_caps on reconnect
[CIFS] Fix typo in cifs readme from previous commit

mattd7591 · 05-29-2007, 02:15 PM

Ill look into it when it is out.
At least this gives me an incentive to custom build my kernel (Im using Debian Testing)

mekump · 07-19-2007, 10:34 AM

I have a similar problem in connecting to a Linkstation NAS. I had to change my uid and gid to 100 to match the uid and gid on the NAS. It then would mount with me as the owner of the dir but I am currently unable to chmod the dir or files in the dir.

mattd7591 · 07-19-2007, 10:52 AM

It doesn't work for me.

mekump · 07-19-2007, 11:23 AM

I tried this with CentOS5, I think kernel 2.6-18. As stated above, kernel 2.6.22 will fix more of the cifs problems.

mattd7591 · 07-19-2007, 11:30 AM

Ok, Ill wait for it to come into Debian Testing, which will be a while as I don't believe it is even in unstable yet. For the meantime I just use smbfs mounts to write (I don't use samba full time as it times out constantly.