umount /mnt/ntfs

    # Log onto the Linux computer with the root account

    # Create a credential file to hold the Windows username and password

    vi .base_linux

    cat vi .base_linux

+++ Begin screen output +++
username=my_nt_username
password=my_nt_password
--- End screen output ---

    chmod 600 .base_linux

    ls -l .base_linux

+++ Begin screen output +++
-rw------- 1 root root 35 Jul  5 23:59 .base_linux
--- End screen output ---

    # Determine the uid and gid of the account that will own the directory after it is mounted

    id my_linux_username

+++ Begin screen output +++
uid=500(my_linux_username) gid=500(my_linux_username) groups=500(my_linux_username)
--- End screen output ---

    # Edit the fstab file (note that uid 500 points to the my_linux_username Linux account)

    vi /etc/fstab

        (Add a line for //base/linux; see output from "cat /etc/fstab" below)

    cat /etc/fstab

+++ Begin screen output +++
/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 /                       ext3    defaults        1 1
LABEL=/boot             /boot                   ext3    defaults        1 2
tmpfs                   /dev/shm                tmpfs   defaults        0 0
devpts                  /dev/pts                devpts  gid=5,mode=620  0 0
sysfs                   /sys                    sysfs   defaults        0 0
proc                    /proc                   proc    defaults        0 0
/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01 swap                   swap    defaults        0 0
//base/linux            /mnt/base_linux         cifs    auto,credentials=/root/.base_linux,uid=500,gid=500,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777 0 0
--- End screen output ---

    # Display the mounted devices

    mount

+++ Begin screen output +++
/dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00 on / type ext3 (rw)
proc on /proc type proc (rw)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)
/dev/hda1 on /boot type ext3 (rw)
tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)
none on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw)
sunrpc on /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs type rpc_pipefs (rw)
--- End screen output ---

    # Reload the fstab file

    mount -a

    # Display the mounted devices

    mount

+++ Begin screen output +++
/dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00 on / type ext3 (rw)
proc on /proc type proc (rw)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)
/dev/hda1 on /boot type ext3 (rw)
tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)
none on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw)
sunrpc on /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs type rpc_pipefs (rw)
//base/linux on /mnt/base_linux type cifs (rw,mand)
--- End screen output ---

    ls -l /mnt/base_linux

+++ Begin screen output +++
total 0
drwxrwxrwx 1 my_linux_username my_linux_username        0 Mar  4 22:10 db11g
-rwxrwxrwx 1 my_linux_username my_linux_username 89712640 Mar  4 22:02 oracle.tar
--- End screen output ---

    reboot

    # (Log onto the Linux machine with the root account)

    ls -l /mnt/base_linux

+++ Begin screen output +++
total 0
drwxrwxrwx 1 my_linux_username my_linux_username        0 Mar  4 22:10 db11g
-rwxrwxrwx 1 my_linux_username my_linux_username 89712640 Mar  4 22:02 oracle.tar
--- End screen output ---

    # Log onto the non-privileged Linux account

    su - my_linux_username

    # Display a directory of the files on the NTFS share

    ls -l /mnt/base_linux

+++ Begin screen output +++
total 0
drwxrwxrwx 1 my_linux_username my_linux_username        0 Mar  4 22:10 db11g
-rwxrwxrwx 1 my_linux_username my_linux_username 89712640 Mar  4 22:02 oracle.tar
--- End screen output ---

    # Write to the NTFS share

    touch /mnt/base_linux/temp.tmp

    # Display a directory of the files on the NTFS share--the write was a success

    ls -l /mnt/base_linux

+++ Begin screen output +++
total 0
drwxrwxrwx 1 my_linux_username my_linux_username        0 Mar  4 22:10 db11g
-rwxrwxrwx 1 my_linux_username my_linux_username 89712640 Mar  4 22:02 oracle.tar
-rwxrwxrwx 1 my_linux_username my_linux_username        0 Jul  6 00:21 temp.tmp
--- End screen output ---