Re: can not mount Windows shares correctly

["Larry Hall (Cygwin)" <reply-to-list-only-lh at cygwin dot com>]

On 11/18/2013 1:08 PM, DEWI - N. Zacharias wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Situation : A windows shared NAS to which I can connect using
>
> net use \\\\192.168.109.252\\storage /user:PC06\\user1 passwd
>
> but then it is not possible to mount it to lets say /cygdrive/b
>
> mount   \\\\192.168.109.252\\storage /cygdrive/b
>
> mount: warning - /cygdrive/s does not exist.
> mount: defaulting to 'notexec' mount option for speed since native path
>         references a remote share.  Use '-f' option to override.

The mount worked fine, as you can see from below.

> But
>
> $ mount
> //192.168.109.252/storage on /cygdrive/b type smbfs (binary,notexec,noacl,u=
> ser)
> C:/cygwin/bin on /usr/bin type ntfs (binary,auto) C:/cygwin/lib on /usr/lib type ntfs (binary,auto) C:/cygwin on / type ntfs (binary,auto)
> B: on /cygdrive/b type ntfs (binary,posix=3D0,user,noumount,auto)
> C: on /cygdrive/c type ntfs (binary,posix=3D0,user,noumount,auto)
> D: on /cygdrive/d type ntfs (binary,posix=3D0,user,noumount,auto)
> E: on /cygdrive/e type vfat (binary,posix=3D0,user,noumount,auto)
> F: on /cygdrive/f type ntfs (binary,posix=3D0,user,noumount,auto)
> H: on /cygdrive/h type nwfs (binary,posix=3D0,user,noumount,auto)
>
> And:
>
> $ ls -al /cygdrive/b/
> ls: cannot access /cygdrive/b/: No such file or directory

As expected, since you haven't provided the authentication necessary yet.

> If I use
>
> net use b: \\\\192.168.109.252\\storage /user:PC06\\user1 passwd The command completed successfully.
>
> The result is slightly different:
>
>
> $ mount
> //192.168.109.252/storage on /cygdrive/b type smbfs (binary,notexec,noacl,u=
> ser)
> C:/cygwin/bin on /usr/bin type ntfs (binary,auto) C:/cygwin/lib on /usr/lib type ntfs (binary,auto) C:/cygwin on / type ntfs (binary,auto)
> B: on /cygdrive/b type ntfs (binary,posix=3D0,user,noumount,auto)
> C: on /cygdrive/c type ntfs (binary,posix=3D0,user,noumount,auto)
> D: on /cygdrive/d type ntfs (binary,posix=3D0,user,noumount,auto)
> E: on /cygdrive/e type vfat (binary,posix=3D0,user,noumount,auto)
> F: on /cygdrive/f type ntfs (binary,posix=3D0,user,noumount,auto)
> H: on /cygdrive/h type nwfs (binary,posix=3D0,user,noumount,auto)
> S: on /cygdrive/s type smbfs (binary,posix=3D0,user,noumount,auto)
>
> ls -al b:/
         ^^^
This is not POSIX path syntax.  Any unexpected behavior from using this path
syntax isn't considered a bug.

> ls: cannot access b:/..: No such file or directory total 0
> drwxr-xr-x 1 user1 None 0 Dec  5  2012 .
> d????????? ? ?             ?    ?            ? ..
> drwxr-xr-x 1 user1 None 0 Dec  5  2012 admin drwxr-xr-x 1 user1 None 0 Nov 18 17:50 global
> drwxr-xr-x 1 user1 None 0 Dec  5  2012 man drwxr-xr-x 1 user1 None 0 Dec  5  2012 WTI
>
> ls -al /cygdrive/b
> total 0
> drwxrwxrwx 1 ????????      ???????? 0 Dec  5  2012 .
> dr-xr-xr-x 1 user1 None     0 Nov 18 18:06 ..
> drwxr-x--- 1 ????????      ???????? 0 Dec  5  2012 admin
> drwxrwxrwx 1 ????????      ???????? 0 Nov 18 17:50 global
> drwxr-x--- 1 ????????      ???????? 0 Dec  5  2012 man
> drwxr-x--- 1 ????????      ???????? 0 Dec  5  2012 WTI

And now you see the expected results.

> What is really strange is that the access via b:/ yields different
> access  rights than /cygdrive/b

Explained above.

> I would be really helpful to find a way to use this drive as
> /cygdrive/b/  with the same access rights as for b:/

Supporting DOS-style paths is not a goal of the Cygwin project.  Where they
work as expected, we happily let them be used.  Where they do not, we
recommend using the supported POSIX paths.

--
Larry

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