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Juanito

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Posted: May 13 2007,07:25

Due to lack of space on a DSL USB boot, I've been trying to compile software from a network hd (Maxtor Shared Storage+) connected directly to a Linksys router.

Although I can copy files to/from the hd, I am unable to set permissions (i.e. chmod +x) on files stored on the drive and thus the compile fails.

The network hd (which I know uses Linux internally) is mounted using the Samba extension and I have have connected to it both as user and admin. The hd user accounts were originally setup from a w2k machine using the Maxtor browser setup application but I don't think this should have a bearing on setting permissions.

Does anyone have an idea what the problem might be?

curaga

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Posted: May 13 2007,10:06

Filesystem fat32?
Samba not getting permissions?
Those are the ones that first come in mind...

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Juanito

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Posted: May 13 2007,11:17

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Filesystem fat32?

I'm not sure - I know the hd is managed by a Linux based mini-OS as Maxtor are obliged to publish the code under the GPL and there are media-server hacks available on the web. Effectively the filesystem appears to be hidden from the user.

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Samba not getting permissions?

I'm not sure what is meant by this? I mount the drive via Samba, but is there something to check?

curaga

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Posted: May 13 2007,13:51

I mean, Samba was meant for Win sharing, and Win didn't support permissions..

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Posted: June 02 2007,18:08

www.openmss.org

Install it, setup Samba for any windows pc you need, and set up the nfs server for any DSL pc you need. Permission issue solved.

Though I thought that most linux distros "ignored" permissions on windows drives, i.e. seeing everything owned by the current user and his group as well as 755 permissions. I know thats what OS X does and I have a feeling DSL does too, but I mostly use thumb drives, not samba shares.

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