Can delete files in one smb share but not in another

Lordandmaker · 01-27-2009, 09:26 AM

I have two servers, bs-svr02 and scan-svr01, each one has a share called 'report' into which our backup app writes a nightly report (report.csv). I've written a script which reads these files and emails me the info. I've just added a line where it deletes the file on exiting, so I know when the job failed to run.

This seems to work on the share on scan-svr01 but not bs-svr02. I am mounting them as below:

Code:

//bs-svr02/reports	/mnt/glasgow/reports		smbfs	defaults,rw,credentials=/etc/avi.smbpass,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777	0	0
//10.45.0.1/reports	/mnt/scanachrome/reports	smbfs	defaults,rw,credentials=/etc/avi.smbpass,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777	0	0

(scan-svr01 is at Scanachrome, bs-svr02 is at a site in Glasgow)

Each has the same credentials file, and the same access rights, and I can read both, I just can't delete from /mnt/glasgow/reports

Code:

jup-linux2:/home/avi# cd /etc/
jup-linux2:/etc# umount /mnt/scanachrome/reports/
jup-linux2:/etc# mount /mnt/scanachrome/reports
jup-linux2:/etc# cd /mnt/scanachrome/reports
jup-linux2:/mnt/scanachrome/reports# rm -f ./report.bak.csv 
jup-linux2:/mnt/scanachrome/reports# umount /mnt/glasgow/reports/
jup-linux2:/mnt/scanachrome/reports# mount /mnt/glasgow/reports
jup-linux2:/mnt/scanachrome/reports# cd ../../glasgow/reports
jup-linux2:/mnt/glasgow/reports# rm -f ./report.bak.csv 
rm: cannot remove `./report.bak.csv': Permission denied
jup-linux2:/mnt/glasgow/reports# ls -l
total 40
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root   847 2009-01-27 13:40 asc.gif
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15776 2009-01-27 13:40 Back.jpg
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root   848 2009-01-27 13:40 desc.gif
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root   524 2009-01-27 08:45 report.bak.csv
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root   524 2009-01-27 13:40 report.csv
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20238 2005-12-14 14:23 response.xsl
jup-linux2:/mnt/glasgow/reports#

The mounting and unmounting above didn't result in anything being written to /var/log/samba/log.smbmount
The permissions on the mountpoints are the same, too (owned by root:root and permission of 777), as are all the files they contain.

The two Windows servers are in the same domain (SGL) and I am mounting the shares with my domain account, which is administrative. I can play with these files when accessed from a Windows box in the domain.
My smbclient is at version 2:3.2.5-4, I am doing this on a Debian box with everything from apt-get.

So, what am I doing wrong?

mwx · 01-28-2009, 06:53 AM

Have you gone through and fine-toothed your smb.conf and made sure the share settings are identical? I know it seems pretty obvious - but I thought I would ask.

Lordandmaker · 02-03-2009, 08:12 AM

The two boxes doing the sharing (scan-svr01 and bs-svr02) are Windows boxes. The only Linux box in the equation is the one doing the mounting.

I should probably have mentioned this above...

mwx · 02-04-2009, 08:27 AM

I really am a novice - just trying to help and learn at the same time. This one is out of my league.

The only thing I can think of is the "alter" permission setting on the windows box that won't allow the delete. There is a windows setting when the share is created that says "Allow users to change...." If that is set to "No" it will allow the read - but not the delete..

chitambira · 02-12-2009, 06:34 AM

You have shared the reports folders on two windows servers right?
You mounted the shared folders on a linux box right?
You now want users to access these shares through the linux box(like dfs) right?
The linux box is running samba with an smb.conf right?
You have in smb.conf nt acl support = yes rihgt?
Note that Windows ACLs take precedence over the linux/samba permissions, Make sure that the files are not marked readonly in windows and that their acls are set properly)