[COLUG] read/write windows server permissions: need some ideas

[charles morrison]

I am having difficulty getting read/write permissions set on files on a 
windows NT4 server.

I am running Kubuntu Dapper and connected to a Windows NT4 server where 
I have a database. The other users of the database are running windows 
clients. The client software is windows based, so I am running it under 
WINE on my laptop.

The client side program works well on my laptop and works with the data 
base if it resides on the laptop, but will not connect when trying to 
attach over the network.

The problem appears to be a permission problem, since I have read/write 
permission problems just saving an Open Office document. The permissions 
I see when writing an OO document are -rw-r--r-- and gives an error of: 
"General Input/output error" while attempting the save. Open Office 
works great otherwise.

My mount point is /media/alidata to the server and the fstab entry is:

//server/alidata /media/alidata cifs 
nosetuids,credentials=/root/.smbcredentials,iocharset=utf8,dir_mode=0777,file_mode=0777 
0 0

This mounts on boot and allows me to browse the server without trouble. 
I can copy and paste to the server, too. When I paste an OO document to 
the server, I get an error message saying it cannot change permissions. 
Permissions end up as -rw-r--r-- for the pasted file. (would like 
-rwxrwxrwx)

I have played with some of the settings and tried using vi to edit and 
save files with similar results. I think I need to force the server to 
use local settings rather than mine for permissions, so that others on 
the network also have access to the files. I suspect the problem is my 
method of mounting the network server.

DHCP is by a router, not the server. We do not have DNS.

Any ideas on what to try would be appreciated.

Charlie Morrison
851-1100