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chix4mat
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 Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2014 4:30 am Post subject: [Solved] Can't write to certain Samba shares |
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Hi all:
I have a couple of Samba shares that I'm unable to write to. One is for my Linux desktop; the other is for a NAS folder (I'm mapping a preexisting network share).
| Code: | drwxr-xr-x 27 rwilliams rwilliams 4096 Apr 9 22:04 rwilliams
drwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8192 Apr 9 19:37 emulation-torrents
drwxr-xr-x 2 rwilliams root 0 Apr 9 18:19 nas-torrents
drwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8192 Apr 8 16:48 windows |
The reason I am mapping a preexisting network share through Samba is so that I can map it inside of a Windows virtual machine guest - it helps me keep the exact same drive letters between non-native and native Windows. It's a strange setup, but I still think it should work. Here's the Samba configuration:
| Code: | [Linux Desktop] #ext4
path = /home/rwilliams/Desktop
public = yes
guest ok = yes
writable = yes
[Emulation Torrents] #ntfs *
path = /mnt/emulation-torrents
public = yes
guest ok = yes
writable = yes
[Torrents] #NAS share
path = /mnt/nas-torrents
public = yes
guest ok = yes
writable = yes
[Windows] #ntfs *
path = /mnt/windows/Users/Rob/AppData/Roaming/uTorrent
public = yes
guest ok = yes
writable = yes |
The shares marked with an * are writable.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks much!
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beandog
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| Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2014 3:08 am Post subject: |
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If you're connecting with user 'rwilliams' try setting 'force user = root' and 'force group = root' for r/w to the directories owned by root.
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chix4mat
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| Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2014 6:41 am Post subject: |
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| beandog wrote: | | If you're connecting with user 'rwilliams' try setting 'force user = root' and 'force group = root' for r/w to the directories owned by root. |
That worked beautifully; thanks a ton! I'm not sure forcing a user is the "right way", but given I don't want to require a login and password, this is perfect.
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beandog
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| Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2014 10:25 pm Post subject: |
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| chix4mat wrote: | | beandog wrote: | | If you're connecting with user 'rwilliams' try setting 'force user = root' and 'force group = root' for r/w to the directories owned by root. |
That worked beautifully; thanks a ton! I'm not sure forcing a user is the "right way", but given I don't want to require a login and password, this is perfect. |
Well, you're just forcing it to read/write as the same user that the directories you mentioned are owned by.
However, it's a nice feature that Samba has, and in many cases, makes file sharing between groups easy if you have a similar situation -- filesystem permissions are for one user, Samba users are another. 
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