Re: Changing to a windows mounted share from a Mac OS X machine

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2002


It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = The line you will need to add iswwwALL=NOPASSWD:/bin/lsThis will allow you to run 'ls' as user root when you are logged in as user www (the webcatuser) without asking for a password ..you need to use visudo to edit the sudoers file. HTH .. Alain > Alain, > > Thanks for the reply. > > What is strange is that I can make any changes using the gui, but not > from the shell. So I do believe I need to use sudo (as you suggested) > but what is the proper syntax to enter a line in the sudoers file so > that I am not prompted for a password? > > Thanks > > Dale > > on 20/6/02 11:00 am, Alain Russell at alain.russell@blackpepper.co.nz > wrote: > >> Dale, >> If you try and access the share with the command line can you list the >> files ??to see if you are having a permissions error type >> >> cd /Volumes/g3071/ >> sudo -u www ls -l >> enter password if asked >> >> and see if the files list - this would be that same response WebCat >> gets .. >> >> Alain >> >>> Hello, >>> >>> I have a project I am working on where I download some files to a Mac >>> OS X machine, do a little bit of processing and then have to copy the >>> files to a specified folder on a Windows share. >>> >>> If I do: >>> >>> [shell] >>> cd /Volumes/ >>> ls -al >>> [/shell] >>> >>> I see the mounted shares as g3071 and g3071%2fbox where the second >>> one is actually a folder on the g3071 share, and is the one I need. >>> The second one shows up on my desktop simply as box >>> >>> However, if I try >>> >>> [shell] >>> cd /Volumes/g3071/ >>> ls >>> [/shell] >>> >>> I get a directory listing of the folder the template is in. Same if I >>> try the second entry. >>> >>> I am using DAVE 3.1.1 to mount the windows shares. I can access the >>> shares fine from the desktop. >>> >>> Not being able to move these files to this share is really annoying >>> and preventing this project from being completed. Anyone have any >>> ideas? >>> >>> I can't ftp to this box as ftp is not enabled and the admins will not >>> enable it, or make any other changes to the box. >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> Dale >>> >>> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > Web Archive of this list is > at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ -- Alain Russell Blackpepper Interactive alain.russell@blackpepper.co.nz ph. 09 520 6280------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Changing to a windows mounted share from a Mac OS X machine (Alain Russell 2002)
  2. Re: Changing to a windows mounted share from a Mac OS X machine (drt - lists 2002)
  3. Re: Changing to a windows mounted share from a Mac OS X machine (dale 2002)
  4. Re: Changing to a windows mounted share from a Mac OS X machine (Alain Russell 2002)
  5. Re: Changing to a windows mounted share from a Mac OS X machine (drt - lists 2002)
  6. Re: Changing to a windows mounted share from a Mac OS X machine (Alain Russell 2002)
  7. Changing to a windows mounted share from a Mac OS X machine (drt - lists 2002)
The line you will need to add iswwwALL=NOPASSWD:/bin/lsThis will allow you to run 'ls' as user root when you are logged in as user www (the webcatuser) without asking for a password ..you need to use visudo to edit the sudoers file. HTH .. Alain > Alain, > > Thanks for the reply. > > What is strange is that I can make any changes using the gui, but not > from the shell. So I do believe I need to use sudo (as you suggested) > but what is the proper syntax to enter a line in the sudoers file so > that I am not prompted for a password? > > Thanks > > Dale > > on 20/6/02 11:00 am, Alain Russell at alain.russell@blackpepper.co.nz > wrote: > >> Dale, >> If you try and access the share with the command line can you list the >> files ??to see if you are having a permissions error type >> >> cd /Volumes/g3071/ >> sudo -u www ls -l >> enter password if asked >> >> and see if the files list - this would be that same response WebCat >> gets .. >> >> Alain >> >>> Hello, >>> >>> I have a project I am working on where I download some files to a Mac >>> OS X machine, do a little bit of processing and then have to copy the >>> files to a specified folder on a Windows share. >>> >>> If I do: >>> >>> [shell] >>> cd /Volumes/ >>> ls -al >>> [/shell] >>> >>> I see the mounted shares as g3071 and g3071%2fbox where the second >>> one is actually a folder on the g3071 share, and is the one I need. >>> The second one shows up on my desktop simply as box >>> >>> However, if I try >>> >>> [shell] >>> cd /Volumes/g3071/ >>> ls >>> [/shell] >>> >>> I get a directory listing of the folder the template is in. Same if I >>> try the second entry. >>> >>> I am using DAVE 3.1.1 to mount the windows shares. I can access the >>> shares fine from the desktop. >>> >>> Not being able to move these files to this share is really annoying >>> and preventing this project from being completed. Anyone have any >>> ideas? >>> >>> I can't ftp to this box as ftp is not enabled and the admins will not >>> enable it, or make any other changes to the box. >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> Dale >>> >>> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > Web Archive of this list is > at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ -- Alain Russell Blackpepper Interactive alain.russell@blackpepper.co.nz ph. 09 520 6280------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Alain Russell

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