[opensuse] switching from nfs mounts to cifs
Hello, I have several Linux workstations & servers that have their /home dir's mounted via nfs to a single server hosting all of the /home/users* dir's . What I'd like to do is change the mount from nfs to cifs and still maintain the user permissions to each of their own directories. However, when attempting to create a cifs mount to the smb share /home on the host server I get denied. What is the best method to accomplish getting a cifs mount to a smb share of /home and still maintain individual user permissions? Interestingly, windows boxes can see the /home share and individual users can get to their personal dir's. Why make the change? To prevent the annoying RPC errors on the client machines that occur when the host server is rebooted. I've noticed that doesn't occur with cifs mounts. Many thanks, James -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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Hello,
I have several Linux workstations & servers that have their /home dir's mounted via nfs to a single server hosting all of the /home/users* dir's . What I'd like to do is change the mount from nfs to cifs and still maintain the user permissions to each of their own directories. However, when attempting to create a cifs mount to the smb share /home on the host server I get denied. What is the best method to accomplish getting a cifs mount to a smb share of /home and still maintain individual user permissions? Interestingly, windows boxes can see the /home share and individual users can get to their personal dir's.
Why make the change? To prevent the annoying RPC errors on the client machines that occur when the host server is rebooted. I've noticed that doesn't occur with cifs mounts.
Many thanks,
James
Seeing as no-one seems to have responded to your questions I will make a couple of observations. When you have both Windows and Linux using cifs rather than NFS is a logical choice for reasons other than those you state. But before taking on this move one should be aware of one potentially major show stopper. OpenOffice has a history of issues using cifs under *NIX, and this is ongoing (it seems to particularly sensitive to some known issues in the linux cifs implementation). If you are user of OpenOffice I would spend some time tuning and testing your samba server with OpenOffice before deployment. You do not specify what you are using for authentication, and a look at how you have defined the home share, and the user ID mapping method you are intending to use may help in giving advice. pam_mount is supposed to handle the authentication requirements of mounting when logging in. - -- ============================================================================== I have always wished that my computer would be as easy to use as my telephone. My wish has come true. I no longer know how to use my telephone. Bjarne Stroustrup ============================================================================== -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHDzkAasN0sSnLmgIRApi4AKD6BY5p5tThvNePEqTgOaio3/MiMACghLfG tjBYzkD3NhnOrncT7lzWKb4= =v95T -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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