[SOLVED] sharing from ubuntu to windows some folders work, some dont

sdowney717 · 07-16-2017, 06:25 PM

A long time ago, I was able to shares my pictures folder.
Today I added motion-files as a share. However win10 says has no read permissions, but it appears in network for windows 10,

What is different between Pictures and Motion-Files??

Code:

scott@scott-P5QC:~$ smbtree
Enter scott's password: 
WORKGROUP
	\\SCOTT-P5QC     		scott-P5QC server (Samba, Ubuntu)
		\\SCOTT-P5QC\Pictures       	
		\\SCOTT-P5QC\MOTION-FILES   	
		\\SCOTT-P5QC\HP-LaserJet-4000	HP LaserJet 4000 Series
		\\SCOTT-P5QC\IPC$           	IPC Service (scott-P5QC server (Samba, Ubuntu))
		\\SCOTT-P5QC\print$         	Printer Drivers
	\\LR-PC          		
		\\LR-PC\Users          	
		\\LR-PC\testshare      	
		\\LR-PC\Recorded TV    	
		\\LR-PC\Public         	
		\\LR-PC\pictures       	
		\\LR-PC\IPC$           	Remote IPC
		\\LR-PC\E$             	Default share
		\\LR-PC\C$             	Default share
		\\LR-PC\ADMIN$         	Remote Admin
	\\BOAT2PC        		
scott@scott-P5QC:~$ smbstatus
smbstatus only works as root!
scott@scott-P5QC:~$ sudo smbstatus

Samba version 4.3.11-Ubuntu
PID     Username      Group         Machine            Protocol Version       
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Service      pid     machine       Connected at
-------------------------------------------------------

No locked files

scott@scott-P5QC:~$

sdowney717 · 07-16-2017, 06:31 PM

here is the image on win10

AwesomeMachine · 07-16-2017, 06:57 PM

Do any of your shares work now?

sdowney717 · 07-16-2017, 07:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AwesomeMachine

Do any of your shares work now?

Sure, the Pictures shares always work.

I do think now maybe the problem is I am sharing a folder on an NTFS harddrive on my ubuntu pc?
And is that possible? See I have this extra drive and since I dual boot windows, I wanted it to be NTFS so both linux and windows could use it for storage.
It does the job, but I also wanted to now share files from it to the windows 10 pc.
So am I out of luck?

sdowney717 · 07-16-2017, 07:11 PM

here is my ubuntu share working for Pictures on win10
And I tried sharing from an ext4 partition, it also does not work, same error.

sdowney717 · 07-16-2017, 07:16 PM

ok, did another test, I can only share files on the /home/scott folder on my main hard drive.

Any other hard drive, can not share anything, so how to allow a different hard drive or partition to be able to be shared?

Linux gives no warning that sharing will fail on a separate hard drive. It is plugged into my sata buss on the motherboard.

sdowney717 · 07-16-2017, 07:20 PM

I shared the entire 500 gb hard drive partition called it 0C3655E
Does not work either

Code:

cott@scott-P5QC:~$ smbtree
Enter scott's password: 
WORKGROUP
	\\SCOTT-P5QC     		scott-P5QC server (Samba, Ubuntu)
		\\SCOTT-P5QC\Pictures       	
		\\SCOTT-P5QC\Videos         	
		\\SCOTT-P5QC\0C3655E        	
		\\SCOTT-P5QC\MOTION-FILES   	
		\\SCOTT-P5QC\vbtest         	
		\\SCOTT-P5QC\HP-LaserJet-4000	HP LaserJet 4000 Series
		\\SCOTT-P5QC\IPC$           	IPC Service (scott-P5QC server (Samba, Ubuntu))
		\\SCOTT-P5QC\print$         	Printer Drivers
	\\LR-PC          		
		\\LR-PC\Users          	
		\\LR-PC\testshare      	
		\\LR-PC\Recorded TV    	
		\\LR-PC\Public         	
		\\LR-PC\pictures       	
		\\LR-PC\IPC$           	Remote IPC
		\\LR-PC\E$             	Default share
		\\LR-PC\C$             	Default share
		\\LR-PC\ADMIN$         	Remote Admin
	\\BOAT2PC        		
scott@scott-P5QC:~$

sdowney717 · 07-16-2017, 07:22 PM

from permissions, I own this drive I am trying to share.

sdowney717 · 07-16-2017, 07:31 PM

Made it work by forcing! force user = scott
Is there a better way?

Code:

#======================= Global Settings =======================

[global]

## Browsing/Identification ###

# Change this to the workgroup/NT-domain name your Samba server will part of
workgroup = WORKGROUP
force user = your-user-name

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