Permissions driving me crazy

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omegax11 : 11/10/02 07:59 PM : Incident created -   I can't seem to set permissions that want to stick... I'd like to give myself access to /usr without being root. I can get it working, but as soon as I reboot it reverts back to read/execute only. I also can't give myself access to a Samba share. I can write to it as root, but just can't figure out how to allow anybody else to have write access. If I umount the share, I can set up write access, but as soon as it's mounted again it disappears.
Linegod_7611 : 12/10/02 12:44 AM : Reply received -   It's most likely msec switching the permissions back. You can create a custom security setting via the security tools in Mandrake Control Center. And there is no reason a user needs access to the entire /usr area. Leaving access for root only is a security feature, and changing this will most likely cause problems in the long run. Give access to /usr/local if need be, but any programs should be installed as root anyway. ------- Note: If this answer resolves your problem, please remember to close this incident.
omegax11 : 15/10/02 05:14 AM : More info provided -   Still not working properly. I went into the Security Permissions dialog in the Security part of the Mandrake Control Center & set up a custom permission for /mnt/<windowsshare> that allowed the owner, group & other users RWX access. Absolutely nothing changed...I can understand not messing around with /usr, but I want to be able to write to my Windows box.
Linegod_7611 : 15/10/02 08:19 AM : Reply received -   Since that is a mounted non-Linux filesystem, it does not have the same permission capabilites as the other filesystems, and is based on the initial mounting by fstab. Check your '/etc/fstab' for the initial permissions on that mountpoint. ------- Note: If this answer resolves your problem, please remember to close this incident.
omegax11 : 16/10/02 08:15 AM : More info provided -   What would I edit in fstab to gte it working?
omegax11 : 17/10/02 07:52 PM : Incident closed -

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