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I have mounted a windows share, But only root have write permissions..

I need to change that to my user so my programs can download and save stuff to my windows share.

commands I've have used to mount:

sudo mkdir /mnt/ussenterprise
sudo gedit /etc/fstab
//servername/sharename /mnt/ussenterprise cifs username=msusername,password=mspassword,iocharset=utf8,sec=ntlm 0 0
sudo mount -a

yes I have read access to everything in the mounted share, but only root gave write..

I've tried: sudo chown user:user /mnt/ussenterprise, and sudo chown user /mnt/ussenterprise

I get; permissions denied

what to do?

I changed my /etc/fstab to:

//server/share /media/share cifs username=msusername,password=mspassword,uid=1000,gid=1000 0 0

Try these options:

username=msusername,password=mspassword,iocharset=utf8,sec=ntlm,nosetuids,noperm

(definitions of noperm and nosetuids are found in the mount.cifs manpage)

Also, think about using a credentials file instead of having your name/pw in the clear:

credentials=/home/<user>/.smbcredentials

since fstab can be read by all.

Your entry in fstab is creating the mount point in /mnt. Using the /mnt directory should only work if the drive is a local volume rather than a network share or removable device.

Edit your fstab entry to:

//servername/sharename /media/ussenterprise cifs username=msusername,password=mspassword,umask=002,uid=1000,gid=1000,iocharset=utf8,sec=ntlm 0 0

This assumes that your uid and gid are 1000 which is the first default user and group IDs. Then use:

sudo umount /media/ussenterprise
sudo mkdir /media/ussenterprise
sudo chown einar:einar /media/ussenterprise
sudo chmod 755 /media/ussenterprise
mount -a

This should mount the share with your user ID and permissions set to read/write.

I hope you found out your answer by the way I think this issue is not related to samba option, I think this is for ntfs permission level.
In windows 10 you can right click on folder which you want to share between windows and linux base system and follow this path:

1. Go to properties


2. Click on sharing tab


3. Go to advanced sharing


4. Go to permission and then give full control to everyone user

This is what worked for me:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MountWindowsSharesPermanently

The section: 'Mount password protected network folders' got me READ access.
Then, adding:
The Section: 'Special permissions' got me WRITE and DELETE access.

My system info:
- Laptop: Kubuntu 16.04 (client)
- File server: Windows Vista (hosting shares)
- Domain controller: Windows Server 2003 (Active Directory, DNS, etc)