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vy32
Asked: 2010-04-06 09:12:30 +0800 CST

Make a SAMBA file system visible to all users with mount_smbfs

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We have a Macintosh OS10.6 server and a big storage system accessible via SMB.

Right now we can mount partitions, but when we mount them they are only accessible to the user that did the mount. All other users get "Access Denied."

It there any straightforward way to mount so that all users will be able to access the files? (We want all users mapped to a single SMB UID.)

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2 Answers

  1. Have you tried mounting the share as the root user? In the terminal, try:

    sudo mkdir -p /Volumes/Share\ Name\ Here
sudo mount -t smbfs //user@server/sharename /Volumes/Share\ Name\ Here

    For more information see: http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20020610225855377

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  2. Best Answer

    In the mount_smbfs man page, it lists the answer. Do what Josh recommended, but use the following command instead:

    sudo mount_smbfs -f0777 -d0777 //user@server/sharename /Volumes/Share\ Name\ Here
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