LinuxQuestions.org - Yet another samba problem. Linux <-> Linux permissions

OK, so let me explain a little about my set-up. I have a file server with 6 hard drives in it. Some of these drives are mounted and symlinked into a folder that is shared via samba. Now I had a problem with samba not following symbolic links so to fix that problem I had to disable unix extensions. (I found that solution here) Now though a new problem has manifested itself. I can mount and read anything I want, but when I try to copy a folder and it's contents to one of the shares I get a an error. The folder is created, but it won't create any of the item contained inside the folder. Once the initial error occurs I can then copy contents into the folder but not in a single operation. Here is what I get:

Code:

[macele@localhost ~]$ cp -r Desktop/testfolder/ /mnt/net/storage/250a/

cp: cannot create regular file `/mnt/net/storage/250a/testfolder/large_test.avi': Permission denied

It creates the folder, but not the file inside. Here is a ls -l of the folder that was created on the server:

Code:

drwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Dec 16 14:31 testfolder/

so if the permissions where 777 then why did it fail?

My smb.conf from the server:

Code:

macele@serv:~$ cat /etc/samba/smb.conf

      [global]



      workgroup = OLYMPUS

      server string = Server to the Olympians (Ubuntu)

      security = user

      log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m

      socket options = IPTOS_LOWDELAY TCP_NODELAY

      local master = Yes

      preferred master = Yes

      dns proxy = No

      name resolve order = lmhosts host bcast

      debug level = 1

      create mask = 0777

      directory mask = 0777

      unix extensions = no

      force user = macele

      force group = macele



      [homes]

      comment = Home Directories

      browseable = no

      read only = no

      valid users = %S

      ;invalid users = root bin daemon nobody named sys tty disk mem kmem users



      [storage]

      path = /share

      available = yes

      browsable = yes

      public = yes

      writable = yes

      guest ok = no



      [tmp]

      comment = Temporary File Space

      path = /tmp

      read only = No

      valid users = admin

      invalid users = root bin daemon nobody named sys tty disk mem kmem users

[Storage] is the share im talking about. And I have no idea what the problem is here.

I am mounting the filesystem with these parameters:

Code:

//192.168.1.31/storage /mnt/net/storage cifs credentials=/root/.smbcredentials,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777, 0 0

I can't find anything helpful from the logs, but I'll post what it shows for the sake of completeness.

smb log:

Code:

macele@serv:~$ tail /var/log/samba/log.192.168.1.30

[2007/12/16 14:11:46, 1] smbd/service.c:make_connection_snum(950)

  192.168.1.30 (192.168.1.30) connect to service storage initially as user macele (uid=1000, gid=1000) (pid 12773)

[2007/12/16 14:13:34, 1] smbd/service.c:close_cnum(1150)

  192.168.1.30 (192.168.1.30) closed connection to service storage

[2007/12/16 14:13:37, 1] smbd/service.c:make_connection_snum(950)

  192.168.1.30 (192.168.1.30) connect to service storage initially as user macele (uid=1000, gid=1000) (pid 12954)

[2007/12/16 14:28:39, 1] smbd/service.c:close_cnum(1150)

  192.168.1.30 (192.168.1.30) closed connection to service storage

[2007/12/16 14:28:42, 1] smbd/service.c:make_connection_snum(950)

  192.168.1.30 (192.168.1.30) connect to service storage initially as user macele (uid=1000, gid=1000) (pid 14125)

You guys have been very helpful to me in the past, and I would appreciate any help you can give me on this little problem.

Thx

Perhaps this should have gone into the Linux - Server board but I'm also kind of a newbie, so I just went with newbie. Sorry if this thread landed on the wrong board.