Red Hat Linux - Publicly available CIFS mount

Question

I have mounted a Windows file system on a Dell server running RHEL 2.6.18-164.11.1.el5 using a software called Sharity. The filesystem is accessible just fine to the userid that ran the mount command but to no one else (Permission Denied)

Is there a way to make the mounted filesystem available (readonly) to other users?

Thanks

Answer 1

You should be setting the parameters in your fstab:

uid=(Linux User Owner for Permissions)
gid=(Linux Group for Permissions)
file_mode=744 - for group and public readonly
file_mode=740 - for group readonly
dir_mode=744 - for group and public readonly
dir_mode=740 - for group readonly

http://linux.die.net/man/8/mount.cifs