SAMBA-can't set permissions

demontager · 06-25-2010, 08:58 AM

Hello,
I can not manage file/folder permissions for created shares. I need get access from Win system to Linux shares. Actually I have access to its, but only to read folders and files. I tried to change permissions in
create mask = 0765 and set it to 0777, but no success.
Will explain step by step my actions.

1.Added user
# adduser samba
# smbpasswd -a samba #set his password
# smbpasswd -e samba #activating it
2. Installing SAMBA service
sudo apt-get install samba

3. ADDED below lines to /etc/samba/smb.conf

Code:

[global]
   workgroup = WORKGROUP
   security = user 
   server string = %h server (Samba, Ubuntu)
   dns proxy = no  
 log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
   max log size = 1000
   syslog = 0
   panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d
   encrypt passwords = true
   passdb backend = tdbsam
   obey pam restrictions = yes
   unix password sync = yes
   passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
   passwd chat = *Enter\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *Retype\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *password\supdated\ssuccessfully* .
   pam password change = yes

[share]
comment = public_files
path = /home/dem/Desktop/share
valid users = samba
public = no
only guest = no
writable = yes
printable = no
create mask = 0765

[VIDEO]
comment = public_files
path = /media/DATA/VIDEO
valid users = samba
public = no
only guest = no
writable = yes
printable = no
create mask = 0765

P.S.
Folder /home/dem/Desktop/share browseable and I can view files, but not edit/delete.

Folder /media/DATA/VIDEO not browseable and cant't enter it on Win system. It located on USB External HARD Drive, and attached to Linux system.

ShadowCat8 · 06-25-2010, 12:16 PM

Okay,

So, I am figuring that you are mounting/mapping the share as the user 'samba', right?

Have you tried to add:

Code:

write list = samba

to the share definitions?

HTH. Let us know.

joshi999 · 06-26-2010, 02:18 AM

i got the same problemo.
on top of that the netbook running ubuntu 10.04 is completly invisible in the network.
please help the newbie

demontager · 06-26-2010, 04:25 AM

I have solved half of my problem. Good news: folder "/home/dem/Desktop/share" already writeable, I have edited smb.conf and set local permissions for "/home/dem/Desktop/share" folder.
No good news: I forget to tell that my External USB hard drive got NTFS. That's why I can't set local folder permission for it.
I tried to edit /etc/fstab as follows:

Code:

UUID=35C595D5738A319A       /media/DATA      ntfs-3g      auto,rw,user,nls=utf8 0 0

but no success. I got such error when I inserting USB drive:
http://s49.radikal.ru/i123/1006/74/01021059b40b.jpg
And smb.conf as follows, but it doesn't have influence to mounting:

Code:

[VIDEO]
comment = public_files
path = /media/DATA/VIDEO
valid users = samba
public = no
only guest = no
browseable = yes
writable = yes
printable = no
create mask = 0777
directory mask = 0777

[share]
comment = public_files
path = /home/dem/Desktop/share
valid users = samba
public = no
only guest = no
browseable = yes
writable = yes
printable = no
create mask = 0777
directory mask = 0777

ShadowCat8 · 07-01-2010, 06:35 PM

Greetings,

Sorry for the delay in response, but we are finalizing the image of our server product at the office.

@demontager: Did you try to do the mount with 'sudo' yet? Something like:

Code:

~ $ sudo mount /media/DATA

@joshi999: Is your samba running on the Netbook? What do you get when you execute the following commands?

Code:

~$ sudo service smbd status
~$ sudo service nmbd status

HTH. Let us know.

demontager · 07-02-2010, 04:08 AM

ShadowCat8
I didn't try to mount as "sudo", the main reason- aim to set auto mounting when drive inserted. Actually it auto mounted, but not writeable if I try change something via network, I can browse and read files only. And locally drive writeable. That's why I thought that it possible to set permissions in fstab, but as you see it not works or I have set it wrong.

ShadowCat8 · 07-09-2010, 08:21 PM

Okay,

Well, then here's a couple of questions for your situation:

What are the permissions and ownership of the drive when it auto-mounts?
With the 'samba' user as the permitted user to write to the drive, is the samba user able to write to the drive from the system itself? (e.g. While logged in on the system as yourself, have you done a su - samba and then tried writing to a file on the drive?)
Did you try adding the "write list = samba" entry to your smb.conf?

HTH. Let us know.

demontager · 07-10-2010, 05:33 AM

1.Regarding permissions on mounted drive:

Code:

gvfs-fuse-daemon on /home/dem/.gvfs type fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon (rw,nosuid,nodev,user=dem)
/dev/sdc1 on /media/DATA_ type fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,blksize=4096,default_permissions)

2. When I logged as "samba" user I was enable to write locally on drive.
3. I added write list = samba to smb.conf, but it not works as well.

I found some treads with same issue: http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=44844&p=1 and http://www.tuxera.com/community/ntfs-3g-faq/#useroption

As I understand there is no FUSE support for ntfs-3g driver, that means I need to compile FUSE with ntfs-3g to get it works normally.