Beauford wrote:
> On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 18:54:48 -0600, quip <wnjjunk@cox.net> wrote:
>
>
>>On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 19:14:07 -0500, Beauford wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Hi,
>>>
>>>How can I mount a windows share as a specific user. Works great as
>>>root, but I don't want to have to su to root everytime I want to mount
>>>a share. I want user X to be able to do it.
>>>
>>>Also. I get this error when I mount a Windows share. It still works,
>>>but the message is just annoying.
>>>
>>>"Ignoring badly formed line in configuration file: gopher"
>>>
>>>
>>>Thanks
>>
>>I don't know why you are getting the specific error; are you trying to
>>mount to a directory named gopher?
>>
>>Anyway, you should be able to add the option "users" to allow anyone to
>>mount the share. You could then add the option "umask=# # #" to restrict
>>privelages as desired. Both of these options go in the last column of you
>>/etc/fstab file.
>>
>>This all assumes you are referencing a partition on your hd.
>>
>>--quip
>
>
> I have no idea what gopher is, certainly not a mount point. To clear
> things up though, I'm not mounting a partition on this machine. It is
> on another Window 2000 machine I have.
>
>

Ahhh grife......all you youngins. Don't know what gopher is?

That statement makes me want to sob uncontrollably. Next thing you
know, someone is going to say, what's a punch card? what's a terminal
printer? what's archie? veronica? jughead?

Tsk.