Unable to modify a directory listed under a samba share even if...

SGlassman · 09-14-2008, 02:23 PM

Even if I've changed the owner, group and permissions. I can't then go into a windows box and change the name of the folder... I thought it was something set in Samba or maybe SELinux, but at the moment. I'm miffed. Any clues?

I am currently trying to solve this myself for kicks.

CRC123 · 09-15-2008, 11:12 AM

Please post the entry for this share in smb.conf and also post the permissions you have tried.

SGlassman · 09-17-2008, 06:23 AM

First off I was told by the person who set this up that it has nothing to do with Samba at all. He then told me to think about how people are trying to access the file. This lead me to think that maybe there is an ACL in place somewhere.

chrism01 · 09-17-2008, 08:35 PM

Also post the /etc/fstab

SGlassman · 09-19-2008, 09:49 AM

The share in question has an fstab entry as a default and is a soft link to the original share.

/dev/VolGroup00/public /space ext3 defaults 1 2

I was told to think about how users are accessing the file. Now the permissions for this main directory have root as owner and group member. I know that permissions are rwxr_xr_x. So I can create a subdirectory as root and chown the owner and group member fo the newly created subdirectory but the new owner can't change the subdirectory afterward.. even if I set perms. to 777.

CRC123 · 09-19-2008, 10:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SGlassman

The share in question has an fstab entry as a default and is a soft link to the original share.

/dev/VolGroup00/public /space ext3 defaults 1 2

I was told to think about how users are accessing the file. Now the permissions for this main directory have root as owner and group member. I know that permissions are rwxr_xr_x. So I can create a subdirectory as root and chown the owner and group member fo the newly created subdirectory but the new owner can't change the subdirectory afterward.. even if I set perms. to 777.

The enclosing directory's (/space) permissions must be set to allow 'others' to write to the directory. You can fix this by changing permissions on the enclosing directory.

BUT, I think a better way is to make the group of the /space directory 'users' or some group that all users who need access to this directory are a part of. Then , give full rights only to group.