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IwillTryMyBest
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 Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 12:30 am Post subject: Samba and NTFS partitions |
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Hi Ive got Gentoo 2.6.23-r3 and Iv got an NTFS partition that I mount with ntfs-3g. I can read and write to the drive fine, I also have samba
setup for a home windows network, and I can read the ntfs partition i have shared out with samba, however i cannot write to it from a windows machine.
I have googled for hours on end and i cannot find any answers if this is even supported ?
So does anyone know is it possible to write to an ntfs partition through a samba share ?
as i can write to my ext3 shared partitions from a windows machine through samba with no problems at all |
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S3tH
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| Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 3:20 pm Post subject: |
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Yes, you can share ntfs-3g mounted partitions as read/write through samba with no extra steps. I tested just now to be absolutely sure.
This sounds to me more like a permissions issue. Please take a look at your fstab and ls -l to see who does own the mounted partition and who should.
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IwillTryMyBest
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| Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 9:26 pm Post subject: |
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S3th here is the mount i have shared :
drwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8192 Jan 27 20:53 The Vault
here is my fstab:
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# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# noatime turns off atimes for increased performance (atimes normally aren't
# needed; notail increases performance of ReiserFS (at the expense of storage
# efficiency). It's safe to drop the noatime options if you want and to
# switch between notail / tail freely.
#
# The root filesystem should have a pass number of either 0 or 1.
# All other filesystems should have a pass number of 0 or greater than 1.
#
# See the manpage fstab(5) for more information.
#
# <fs> <mountpoint> <type> <opts> <dump/pass>
# NOTE: If your BOOT partition is ReiserFS, add the notail option to opts.
/dev/hda1 /boot ext2 noauto,noatime 1 2
/dev/hda3 / ext3 noatime 0 1
/dev/hda2 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/hdb1 /The\040Vault ntfs-3g umask=0000,rw 0 0
#/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom audo noauto,ro 0 0
#/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto 0 0
# glibc 2.2 and above expects tmpfs to be mounted at /dev/shm for
# POSIX shared memory (shm_open, shm_unlink).
# (tmpfs is a dynamically expandable/shrinkable ramdisk, and will
# use almost no memory if not populated with files)
shm /dev/shm tmpfs nodev,nosuid,noexec 0 0
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and here is my smb.conf:
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# Samba config file created using SWAT
# from 127.0.0.1 (127.0.0.1)
# Date: 2008/01/27 01:23:49
[global]
acl compatibility = win2k
ldap ssl = no
[Movies]
comment = Put Movies Here !!
path = /The Vault/Video/Movies
username = guest,root
valid users = guest, root
write list = guest, root
read only = No
inherit permissions = No
inherit acls = No
guest ok = Yes
hosts allow = 192.168.1., 192.168.2., 127.
[Documentaries]
path = /The Vault/Video/Documentaries
read only = No
guest ok = Yes
hosts allow = 192.168.1., 192.168.2., 127.
[Music]
path = /The Vault/Music
read only = No
acl check permissions = No
acl map full control = No
guest ok = Yes
hosts allow = 192.168.1., 192.168.2., 127.
[test]
comment = Put Movies Here !!
path = /test
username = guest, root
valid users = guest, root
write list = guest, root
read only = No
inherit permissions = Yes
inherit acls = Yes
guest ok = Yes
hosts allow = 192.168.1., 192.168.2., 127.
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I dont get what the problem is i get a funny error when i try to copy anything from windows onto the ntfs partition , however the /test share works fine and thats an ext3 share, strange thing is though i can create new folders and rename folders from windows...just can't copy files....im baffled ! |
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thepustule
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Location: Toronto, Canada
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Take a look at your syslog when the ntfs-3g device mounts. If I recall correctly, there are instances where if the drive dismounted uncleanly, it will refuse to mount it read-write unless you use a "force" option.
Can you verify that you can indeed write to the ntfs-3g volume in linux itself without using Samba? |
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IwillTryMyBest
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| Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 6:43 am Post subject: |
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thepustule: yes i can read/write to the drive in linux no problem, its just through samba that I can't,
I wonder if there are any samba cmd's that I can run to help me diagnose whats going on ? |
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