Hi (I'n new here), and I have the following problem:
Two computers (both run gnu/linux), the "client" computer has a user "bob", the "server" has a user named "tom". On the server, there should be a samba share that both, bob and tom can access. What's important to me is that when "bob" does something with the share he should do it with the exact same permissions that tom has on that directory. is that possible? if yes, how? if no, what else can I do besides force samba to create everything with 777 permissions, that still results in both tom and bob being able to access the files?


On the SERVER I did:
sudo smbpasswd -a tom (and then I set the password)
I created a samba share, with a smb.config file like this:

[global]
workgroup = WORKGROUP
security = User
allow guests = No


[library]
path=/media/usb3tb
valid users = tom
read only = no
writeable = yes
force user = tom

I mounted the share (on the client machine) like this:
//10.0.0.7/library /mnt/Share cifs username=tom,password=XXXX,uid=tom's uid,gid=tom's gid0 0


I can see all the files, but when I create something I get a "permission denied" error, and see that the created file has 0 bytes and has been created with the umask of tom - so I can't do anything with it. What I want is being able to do things "In tom's name". Does samba let me do this somehow and if not what would you suggest that's quick and doesn't involve 777?

Thanks in advance,
simon

Does tom actually have permission to write to /media/usb3tb?
Also if you wanted to make tom and bob the same do it by group.

Check the selinux log files and if selinux turns out to be the problem then you can either turn it off with

or change the context of /media/usb3tb with

Also make sure that tom is a user that has write permissions to the file (e.g., file owner or a member of group.)

I think the tom do not have sufficient permission to create and file or edit.

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Thanks guys, I solved the problem. I needed to create the user on the server as well, of course.