Rsync issue with SMB share
 

I am attempting to migrate an aging SMB shared folder to a new server via rsync. Most of the files transferred fine; but, many critical ones did not as they seem to be read-only. The origin location is a directory on the host machine's boot drive with 777 permissions. I have tried recursively CHMOD'ing the directory to add write permissions but the process fails just as the rsync does. file owner/group for all is the Samba nobody:nogroup. sudo chmod doesn't help.

I'm stumped. Any suggestions?

TIA,
-Allen M.

Odd item of note... Even my home directory is read-only.

Rsync issue with SMB share
 

If the original host is a Windows machine, that is where I would change the permissions.
If I could not, the next best way is to use a true backup or archive tool to grab an image to a *nix machine, change permissions there, and port that to the final destination( perhaps using rsync).
Windows will just fight you forever on some things, this may be one.

Both machines are linux...
Issue seems to be a drive that is dying. I had someone in the office connect a monitor to the suspect server (I SSH in remotely) and a reboot revealed drive errors that were recoverable. Looks like retiring that machine was a good idea after all.

Thanks!