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117-300 · Question #77

After adding a remote CIFS share to /etc/fstab, the share is mounted to the correct place in the file system. There, all files belong to the user and group root and are not read- or writable to any…

The correct answer is B. The mount.cifs options uid, gid, file_mode and dir_mode should be used to specify the ownership. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.

Question

After adding a remote CIFS share to /etc/fstab, the share is mounted to the correct place in the file system. There, all files belong to the user and group root and are not read- or writable to any other users in the system. What should be done in order to permit a distinct local user access to the mounted files?

Options

  • AThe option root squash = yes should be added to the share in the Samba servers smb.conf to
  • BThe mount.cifs options uid, gid, file_mode and dir_mode should be used to specify the ownership
  • CThe user should be added to the local user group smbusers as mount.cifs by default restricts
  • DThe mount.cifs command must always be executed by the user who should use the mount

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  • A
    14% (8)
  • B
    75% (42)
  • C
    4% (2)
  • D
    7% (4)

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