possible bug in Samba 3

davecgs · 02-15-2009, 01:18 AM

I am using Samba 3.0.2 and discovered it WILL NOT share any mounted volumes.
You can't share a CD or anything that isn't linked to the system volume. Any thoughts.

(e.g. mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom

You can browse it using ls

add the data to the smb.conf and restart and windows won't see it.

[cdrom]
path = /mnt/cdrom
etc...

Any thoughts?

Woodypecker · 02-15-2009, 03:28 AM

Try this: change to /mnt/cdrom with no cd inserted, then insert a cd/dvd and in another console window do the mount.
Change back to the shell sitting at /mnt/cdrom and do a "ls". You won't see the content, unless you go outta there and back in.
Same may happen to Samba daemons here.
A good idea would be to put mount/umount/eject commands in "root preexec" and "root postexec" stanzas for the cd share, so mounts are "fresh".

Btw. 3.02 is pretty aged ....

davecgs · 02-15-2009, 09:48 AM

Thanks Woody for your response. However I realized I failed to give a detail that drew you in another direction.

In Samba no matter what share I make available to Windows, only the shares that point directly to the system volume mount.

(e.g. /tmp, /etc.) all mount (I have stripped the samba file down to allow anyone to get in there.

However, when I share say a CD or a mount from another drive, samba fails to find it.

I will try a newer version of samba.

davecgs · 02-15-2009, 11:32 AM

Well, I feel retarded. It was selinux disabling the mounts and therefore samba couldn't get access to them. How stupid can I feel right now -- pretty darn stupid.

Dave...