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Old 09-13-2006, 03:26 PM   #1
Herg
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Samba: "homes" share, cannot create directories, can create files


Hello,

I am using the "homes" share of Samba, and everything is working fine except that I cannot create or delete directories remotely. I can create and delete files. Also, if I create other shares (/tmp for example) it works as expected, and I can create and delete directories.

I fought quite a while to get this far until I read about the "samba_enable_home_dirs" boolean in selinux. Is it possible that something similar is causing this, or should I be looking at Samba configuration, file permissions, etc.?

Permissions on the directory I am trying to create the new directory in:
Code:
drwxrwxr-x  2 harold harold 4096 Sep 13 16:15 test
Output from testparm:
Code:
[harold@localhost projects]$ testparm
Load smb config files from /etc/samba/smb.conf
Processing section "[homes]"
Loaded services file OK.
Server role: ROLE_STANDALONE
Press enter to see a dump of your service definitions

[global]
        workgroup = TRIDSYS
        netbios name = NEWLINUX
        server string = Newlinux (Samba %v)
        security = SHARE
        log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
        max log size = 50
        socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
        printcap name = /etc/printcap
        dns proxy = No
        hosts allow = 192.168.1., 192.168.2., 127.
        cups options = raw

[homes]
        comment = Home Directories
        read only = No

Thanks
 
Old 09-14-2006, 08:48 AM   #2
josemaria
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Registered: Sep 2006
Location: Madrid, Spain
Distribution: Fedora, OpenSUSE
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Herg
Hello,

I am using the "homes" share of Samba, and everything is working fine except that I cannot create or delete directories remotely. I can create and delete files. Also, if I create other shares (/tmp for example) it works as expected, and I can create and delete directories.

I fought quite a while to get this far until I read about the "samba_enable_home_dirs" boolean in selinux. Is it possible that something similar is causing this, or should I be looking at Samba configuration, file permissions, etc.?

Permissions on the directory I am trying to create the new directory in:
Code:
drwxrwxr-x  2 harold harold 4096 Sep 13 16:15 test
Output from testparm:
Code:
[harold@localhost projects]$ testparm
Load smb config files from /etc/samba/smb.conf
Processing section "[homes]"
Loaded services file OK.
Server role: ROLE_STANDALONE
Press enter to see a dump of your service definitions

[global]
        workgroup = TRIDSYS
        netbios name = NEWLINUX
        server string = Newlinux (Samba %v)
        security = SHARE
        log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
        max log size = 50
        socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
        printcap name = /etc/printcap
        dns proxy = No
        hosts allow = 192.168.1., 192.168.2., 127.
        cups options = raw

[homes]
        comment = Home Directories
        read only = No

Thanks
Try changing your SELinux policy to "permissive". This worked for me.
Regards
 
  


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