Yes, it does appear that samba on mac os x is not taking any configuration options. I tried different options for the mount_smbfs command which does have very specific user/owner/group related permissions options - but all give me the same "operation not supported" error. Let me take a closer look at Samba and also the list you linked to. Thanks again - appreciate your help! On 3/22/07 2:21 PM, "Tijnema !" <tijnema@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 3/22/07, Rahul Sitaram Johari <sleepwalker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Ave, >> >> Certainly looks very promising, but is giving me: >> mount_smbfs: -o fmask=: option not supported >> >> Let me google it too, see what I can come up with. Appreciate it a lot mate. > > Hmm, i googled a little bit, and i found a norwegian site with some > kind of same problem, and from what i understand they say it is that > the Mac OS X implementation of Samba doesn't accept any configuration > options. > > But they don't tell how to fix (or i don't understand.. LOL) > > Maybe updating to latest samba will do the job, but this is totally > not PHP related. > You are better off going to the samba list. so have a look here: > https://lists.samba.org/mailman/ > > Tijnema > >> >> >> On 3/22/07 12:48 PM, "Tijnema !" <tijnema@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >>> On 3/22/07, Rahul Sitaram Johari <sleepwalker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>> rahul:~/Documents/XFER rjohari$ ls -la osm >>>> total 26548 >>>> drwxr-xr-x 1 rjohari rjohari 16384 31 Dec 1969 . >>>> drwxr-xr-x 5 rjohari rjohari 170 22 Mar 12:08 .. >>>> -rwxr-xr-x 1 rjohari rjohari 21508 13 Sep 2006 .DS_Store >>> [snip] >>>> -rwxr-xr-x 1 rjohari rjohari 11264 21 Sep 16:47 warm092106.xls >>>> >>> I was guessing that, all files and folders have the 755 permission..., >>> meaning that the owner can edit, but the group and all other can't. >>> I did some googling for you, and you should mount your share with >>> -o fmask=777,dmask=777 >>> so your example mount command becomes: >>> mount t smbfs -o fmask=777,dmask=777 //user@xxxxxxxxxxx/ShareName Share >>> that should do it :) >>> >>> Tijnema >>>> >>>> >>>> On 3/22/07 12:31 PM, "Tijnema !" <tijnema@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>> >>>>> On 3/22/07, Rahul Sitaram Johari <sleepwalker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Well chmod is certainly not doing anything. I tried that to begin with. I >>>>>> don't get an error, but it doesn't change any permissions. Just doesn't >>>>>> do >>>>>> anything to the permissions of the file/folder. Like it's just ignored. >>>>>> >>>>>> I did it as root using sudo. >>>>> >>>>> Can you post the log of the "ls -la Share" command here? >>>>> >>>>> Tijnema >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On 3/22/07 12:18 PM, "Tijnema !" <tijnema@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> On 3/22/07, Rahul Sitaram Johari <sleepwalker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Ave, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> "Or make sure the user apache runs on has write access to the share." >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> That's the problem I'm facing. I'm not sure how to do that. If I'm not >>>>>>>> mistaken, Apache runs as user "nobody" on my Mac, but I don't know how >>>>>>>> to >>>>>>>> give that user write access on the Windows Machine. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Yes, it is quite complicated :( >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I believe this has nothing to do with your windows machine, but with >>>>>>> the mount on your Mac. I'm not very familiar with Mac OS X (Although i >>>>>>> have installed it) I know it's based on a linux kernel, and uses same >>>>>>> mount tools. I think a simple chmod 777 to the mount folder would do >>>>>>> the job. >>>>>>> so if you have it mounted at /Share >>>>>>> chmod 777 /Share >>>>>>> I believe that windows mounts everything with chmod value 777, so that >>>>>>> shouldn't be a problem. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Tijnema >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On 3/22/07, Rahul Sitaram Johari <sleepwalker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Ave, >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> I¹m not sure if anyone here is going to be able to help, but I¹ve run >>>>>>>>>> into >>>>>>>>>> a >>>>>>>>>> permissions snag. >>>>>>>>>> I have Apache Web Server running on Mac OS X with PHP. I have a >>>>>>>>>> folder >>>>>>>>>> on >>>>>>>>>> a >>>>>>>>>> windows machine mounted on my Mac OS X as a share using the ³mount t >>>>>>>>>> smbfs >>>>>>>>>> //user@xxxxxxxxxxx/ShareName Share². >>>>>>>>>> The ³user² has full read-write permission and physically I¹m able to >>>>>>>>>> do >>>>>>>>>> anything I want sitting on my Mac OS X in this share, like create, >>>>>>>>>> delete >>>>>>>>>> or >>>>>>>>>> modify files. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> The problem is, I don¹t think Apache Web Server (or PHP) has write >>>>>>>>>> access >>>>>>>>>> on >>>>>>>>>> this share. In PHP, I¹m able to read data from files on this share, >>>>>>>>>> but >>>>>>>>>> I¹m >>>>>>>>>> not able to write data to any file on that share. I get access is >>>>>>>>>> denied. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Is there anyway through PHP to give Apache or PHP write access to the >>>>>>>>>> files >>>>>>>>>> on this share? >>>>>>>>>> I don¹t see how I can provide Apache Web Server (installed on my Mac) >>>>>>>>>> Write >>>>>>>>>> Access through the Windows System that has the original folder. >>>>>>>>>> Windows >>>>>>>>>> is >>>>>>>>>> only able to provide the Mac User with Permissions, not Apache. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Any help would be appreciated. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Thanks >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> You could chmod the whole share to 777 but that might give problems! >>>>>>>>> Or make sure the user apache runs on has write access to the share. >>>>>>>>> But normal each file is set with permission 755, means that only the >>>>>>>>> owner can write to it. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I'm not able to give a real fix right now, but it is quite complicated >>>>>>>>> :( >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Tijnema >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>>>>>>>>> Rahul Sitaram Johari >>>>>>>>>> CEO, Twenty Four Seventy Nine Inc. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> W: http://www.rahulsjohari.com >>>>>>>>>> E: sleepwalker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> ³I morti non sono piu soli ... 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