<p>I have to wonder why it is that users cannot generally mount things in their home directory without additional privileges. All that *should* be required is access to the device node (or loopback file, or the network) and ownership of the mount point.</p>
<p>Hurd has it, and Linux has it only for FUSE filesystems like sshfs (and only because it uses root for the mount operation, if memory serves). Why?</p>
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That is, a phone-like mobile device. :)</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Feb 2, 2011 10:54 AM, "Richard Faulkner" <<a href="mailto:rfaulkner@34thprs.org">rfaulkner@34thprs.org</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution">> Alas...I spoke too soon...Hotel California is no longer stuck in my head<br>
> and the "solution" for <br>> the Ubuntu box no longer works. (Funny...it was working last night!) <br>> <br>> [Rich scratches head...]<br>> <br>> Searches of the Ubuntu forum found how to do it with smbfs and how to<br>
> edit fstab but with <br>> passwords in plain text. (I read the whole thing shaking my head<br>> wondering "why?") That <br>> was a long shot but will return to working on a cifs solution to<br>> persistently mount the remote<br>
> NTFS share on 9.10.<br>> <br>> For anyone who's interested, here's what I'm trying to do...all new to<br>> me...<br>> <br>> Mount \\Studio\Production to ~/Studio so that my wife (the user) can<br>
> easily access data on <br>> her production system and allow gFTP to easily see the Production share<br>> on a remote XP box<br>> as a local resource on Ubuntu. (XP only lives in this posting because<br>> of the h/w used...it requires<br>
> M$ drivers for a broadcast audio card -- no Linux equivalent available<br>> due to the DSP.) It would<br>> be good for her to be able to write data back to the NTFS share. (Keep<br>> in mind that I'm keeping <br>
> the Window$ box offline thus don't want to do FTP from there...)<br>> <br>> Here's the command I've used to attach the share:<br>> <br>> mount -t cifs //ip-addr-of-pc/Production /home/username/Studio -o<br>
> username=workgroup/username,password=password<br>> <br>> This mounts the drive alright but it isn't persistent. Last night I<br>> thought I had it but this morning it's a <br>> different story.<br>
> <br>> So far I've found that Ubuntu doesn't understand how to resolve the<br>> Window$ box by NetBIOS name <br>> but Samba is running fine and resolves the workgroup and host machines<br>> on the workgroup as well <br>
> as their shares. Ubuntu does resolve by IP just fine. (I suspect this<br>> is due to mappings that would be<br>> analogous to a host file in M$ or a service that needs to be<br>> installed/configured but am too new in this <br>
> regard to *NIX to be sure...) <br>> <br>> More fun & games! <br>> <br>> RinL<br>> <br>> <br>> -----Original Message-----<br>> From: Richard Faulkner <<a href="mailto:rfaulkner@34thprs.org">rfaulkner@34thprs.org</a>><br>
> Reply-to: <a href="mailto:rfaulkner@34thprs.org">rfaulkner@34thprs.org</a>, Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <<a href="mailto:ale@ale.org">ale@ale.org</a>><br>> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <<a href="mailto:ale@ale.org">ale@ale.org</a>><br>
> Subject: Re: [ale] Mount a remote NTFS partition<br>> Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2011 09:00:37 -0500<br>> <br>> Ahhhhhhhhhh!!!! Now I'm gonna have that song stuck in my head all day<br>> long!!!<br>> <br>> Arrgh....... : )<br>
> <br>> <br>> -----Original Message-----<br>> From: Geoffrey Myers <<a href="mailto:lists@serioustechnology.com">lists@serioustechnology.com</a>><br>> Reply-to: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <<a href="mailto:ale@ale.org">ale@ale.org</a>><br>
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <<a href="mailto:ale@ale.org">ale@ale.org</a>><br>> Subject: Re: [ale] Mount a remote NTFS partition<br>> Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2011 07:14:39 -0500<br>> <br>> <br>> Richard Faulkner wrote:<br>
>> Thanks to all who responded to this thread. Special thanks to Michael <br>>> Warfield!! CIFS did the trick and I have everything running the way it <br>>> needs to run. My wife's FTP client sees the share properly and she can <br>
>> find it where it needs to be in the fs. A great learning curve item for <br>>> one coming from M$ to *NIX. So much further to go...but at least I have <br>>> no plans of going back! : )<br>> <br>
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