Martin, Thanks I will give that go and let you know how I get on.
Sorry for the delay in replying but I have been away, and will continue to be out a bit, so apologies for any delay in saying how I get on! Ed ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: Martin Nix <mar...@nixes.net> Reply-To: Martin Nix <mar...@nixes.net> Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2009 23:21:52 +0000 >As root > >chmod -R o+rwx basefoldername/ > >Should achieve what you want (if I understood correctly) > >Martin > >----- Original message ----- >Hello all, > >I am still wrestling with file permissions. > >I have a QNAP NAS (running Linux of some flavour). It is accessed by >Windows and Linux machines > >We currently have a folder off its root called photos. > >In windows we access it with a mapped drive to \\192.168.0.9\public\photos > >In Linux I can access it via smb://192.168.0.9/public/photos. All no >problem and permissions are all OK. (In Linux nautilus says that the >"Permissions cannot be determined") > >I have tried to mount it thus: > ># sudo mount -t cifs //192.168.0.9/public/ /mnt/qnap > >I have also tried: > ># sudo mount -t cifs //192.168.0.9/public/ /mnt/qnap -o uid=nobody > > >It mounts OK, but the permissions are too restrictive. I really want >everyone, whether in Windows or Linux to be able to read and write >interchangeably, and irrespective of where the original was created! In >other open to everyone al the time! > >Can anyone help please? > >Thanks > > > >Ed > > >_______________________________________________ >Peterboro mailing list >Peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk >https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro > > > > _______________________________________________ Peterboro mailing list Peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro
