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How can I mount a windows shared folder (windows allow write access) into my Ubuntu system, so that apache2 will be able to write there. Point is, I'm synchronizing folder files from my Windows PC, and Ubuntu machine acts only like the server, so problem is files created in shared folder at my Windows are not writable by apache (it can't open log files and other misc stuff)

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Solution I've found:

Find out the GID of the apache2, group default name is www-data, GID can and other user/group can be found at /System/Administration/Users and Groups

Mount a folder using smbfs and pass the dir_mode and file_mode parameters together with the GID.

Best to store a command at your /etc/fstab file, here is mine:

//192.168.72.2/Websites /home/brock/Windows smbfs iocharset=utf8,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777,gid=33 0 0

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  • this is pretty much the right way to do it. the other option is to configure your Apache to run as another user that does have write access to the mount... but that is a bit more complicated and possibly less secure.
    – quack quixote
    Nov 21, 2009 at 14:55
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Mount the Windows Share as a Samba Share. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smbmount

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