> -----Original Message----- > From: Larry Hall (Cygwin) [mailto:reply-to-list-only...@cygwin.com] > Sent: 30 October 2009 16:00 > To: cygwin@cygwin.com > Subject: Re: Incorrect names for file owners on mapped samba drives > > On 10/30/2009 11:46 AM, John Daintree wrote: > > on the SAMBA machine my UID is 208, so I figured I'd just need to > change the > > above to: > > > > johnd:unused:208:513:U-johnd-PC\johnd,S-1-5-21-2127453718-491543372- > 28458100 > > 30-208:/home/johnd:/bin/bash > ^^^ > Don't change your SID. You can change your UID if you want, since this > is a > Cygwin thing. But if you change your SID, Cygwin can't map your UID > back to > the Windows SID. So then Windows won't know who you are, and Cygwin > really > won't either (in Windows terms). That's why you got the message you > did. > > Assuming SAMBA uses 208 as your user ID,you should get proper (user) > ownerships > displaying. The same is true for your GID, if you want that.
Thanks Larry, That seems to get be nearer where I want to be. I'm still getting some confusing (to me at least!) results. Given that mount includes: U: on /cygdrive/u type smbfs (binary,posix=0,user,noumount,auto) i.e. u: and /cygdrive/u are the same location why is it that "ls -n u:/tmp/jd.tmp" gives: -rw-r--r-- 1 208 200 0 Oct 30 16:45 u:/tmp/jd.tmp but "ls -n /cygdrive/u/tmp/jd.tmp" gives: -rw-r--r-- 1 4294967295 4294967295 0 Oct 30 16:45 /cygdrive/u/tmp/jd.tmp In addition "ls -n u:/tmp/*" returns the same UID (MY uid) for every file in the directory even though they are owned by different users. I created a new user on my windows machine and when I log in on that account all the files in u:/tmp are reported as owned by that user. Again windows explorer lists the correct owner for each file (as DEVT\username). Thanks again, john. > -- > Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com > RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office > 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX > Holliston, MA 01746 > > _____________________________________________________________________ > > A: Yes. > > Q: Are you sure? > >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. > >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? > > -- > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
