[Pam-mount-devel] new files in mounted directory owned by root

[Selena Brewington]

Hello!

I've been scratching my head for an hour or so trying to figure this 
one out.  I'm working with Fedora Core 2.  I've got the directory 
mounting, but when I try to create new files, they are owned by root.

At first, I was getting this in the debug logging:

Mar 18 13:31:06 manu-proe1 sshd[3199]: pam_mount: real and effective 
user ID are 1056 and 1056.
...
Mar 18 13:31:06 manu-proe1 sshd[3200]: pam_mount: error setting uid to 0

And the system was unable to mount the directory.

Then, per a suggestion here:

https://www.eng.uwaterloo.ca/twiki/bin/view/Linux/

I disabled UsePrivilegeSeparation in SSH and all the sudden I had:

Mar 18 13:58:11 manu-proe1 sshd[3339]: pam_mount: real and effective 
user ID are 0 and 0.

And the directory mounted!  Now, I've got this file creation problem.

My pam_mount.conf is:
debug 1
mkmountpoint 1
lsof /usr/sbin/lsof %(MNTPT)
fsck /sbin/fsck -p %(FSCKLOOP)
losetup /sbin/losetup -p0 "%(before=\"-e \" CIPHER)" "%(before=\"-k \" 
KEYBITS)" %(FSCKLOOP) %(VOLUME)
unlosetup /sbin/losetup -d %(FSCKLOOP)
cifsmount /bin/mount -t cifs //%(SERVER)/%(VOLUME) %(MNTPT) -S -o 
"user=%(USER)%(before=\",\" OPTIONS)"
smbmount /bin/mount -t smbfs //%(SERVER)/%(VOLUME) %(MNTPT) -o 
"username=%(USER)%(before=\",\" OPTIONS)"
ncpmount /bin/mount -t ncpfs %(SERVER)/%(USER) %(MNTPT) -o 
"pass-fd=0,volume=%(VOLUME)%(before=\",\" OPTIONS)"
# Linux supports lazy unmounting (-l).  May be dangerous for encrypted 
volumes.
# May also break loopback mounts because loopback devices are not freed.
# Need to unmount mount point not volume to support SMB mounts, etc.
umount   /bin/umount %(MNTPT)
# On OpenBSD try "/usr/local/bin/mount_ehd" (included in pam_mount 
package).
lclmount /bin/mount -p0 %(VOLUME) %(MNTPT) "%(before=\"-o \" OPTIONS)"
nfsmount /bin/mount %(SERVER):%(VOLUME) "%(MNTPT)%(before=\"-o \" 
OPTIONS)"
# --bind may be a Linuxism.  FIXME: find BSD equivalent.
mntagain /bin/mount --bind %(PREVMNTPT) %(MNTPT)
mntcheck /bin/mount # For BSD's (don't have /etc/mtab)

volume * smb server & /network/path/Everybody/& 
uid=&,dmask=0750,gid=staff,workgroup=WORKGROUP - -


Anyone have a hint to point me in the right direction?

-selena

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Selena Brewington
IT Manager, King Cycle Group
www.chrisking.com / 503.972.4050 x230