linuxshell-scriptingwindows
I want to know, whether is it possible to access the Windows files from a shell script on Linux system ?
What i am trying to do is to run a shell script in my Linux system, that will access the files of a remote Windows system, read them and manipulate them.
Forget about the file and folder permissions.
Is it possible to do this using the Linux shell scripts (or perl scripts)?
After more research it seems like another (possibly better way) to answer this would be to setup the www folder like so.
sudo usermod -a -G developer user1 (add each user to developer group)sudo chgrp -R developer /var/www/site.com/ so that developers can work in theresudo chmod -R 2774 /var/www/site.com/ so that only developers can create/edit files (other/world can read)sudo chgrp -R www-data /var/www/site.com/uploads so that www-data (apache/nginx) can create uploads.Since git runs as whatever user is calling it, then as long as the user is in the "developer" group they should be able to create folders, edit PHP files, and manage the git repository.
Note: In step (3): '2' in 2774 means to 'set Group ID' for the directory. This causes new files and sub directories created within it to inherit the group ID of the parent directory (instead of the primary group of the user) Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Setuid#setuid_and_setgid_on_directories
Best Answer
Yes, you can mount a windows share into the linux filesystem using mount.cifs e.g.
Once you've done that you can (with suitable permissions) access and manipulate the files in /mnt/windowsfs.