Jeff Wiegley wrote: >I've been doing unix sys. admin for nearly 20 years and yet EVERY single >time I have to setup samba I have configuration problems. > >Before we start let's clear up some common misunderstandings: I have >googled for the answer. I have spent the last six hours doing so and >trying >various "suggestions". Most of these suggestions point to solutions >involving chown or chmod. These are not the problems (or I will be >very surprised). > ># cat /etc/samba/smb.conf >[global] > workgroup = CYTE.COM > server string = CyteNAS > netbios name = NAS > hosts allow = 127., 10.0.10. > >[nas] > comment = NAS > path = /mnt/nas > force user = nas > force group = nas > read only = No > ># cat /etc/samba/smbpasswd >nas:500:75891A0CAAF2F9828AE88C0FE87091EF:E8C4E8E10FEE888764D18AD4A0AC61 F5: >[U >]:LCT-4C00625E: > ># grep nas /etc/passwd >nas:x:500:500::/mnt/nas:/bin/bash > ># grep nas /etc/group >nas:x:500: > ># ls -al /mnt/nas >total 16 >drwxrwxrwx 2 nas nas 4096 May 28 17:01 . >drwxrwxrwx 3 root root 4096 May 28 15:04 .. > >So before you tell me about "permission" problems please note the >following > 1) The permissions on all the files is 777... EVERYBODY can do anything. > 2) samba IS configured to force the user and group to the owner of >the share > path anyways. > 3) The group and user exist and they have their passwords configured > correctly. > >I can map the share on my Windows 7 workstation. But any attempt to >create anything yields a pop-up window that says: > >"You need permission to perform this action" > nas(\\NAS) > Space free: 89.7 GB > Total size: 97.0 GB > >Why am I getting ANY permission problems??? Frankly. I don't think it is >a permission problem. (I set log level to 10; the output is long so I >won't >include it because I looked through it and didn't see any errors reported >or any mention of permission denied.) > >GRRRRRRR! > >It gets worse. a 90GB NAS storage is pretty useless. The NAS is actually >a 6TB Raid5 array with an XFS filesystem. But if I actually mount it.... > ># /etc/init.d/smb stop ># mount /mnt/nas ># ls -al /mnt/nas >total 8 >drwxrwxrwx 2 nas nas 6 May 28 18:11 . >drwxrwxrwx 3 root root 4096 May 28 15:04 .. > >see... no difference in permissions or ownership but now it is a mount >point. > >Now I can't even map the samba share at all. All I get is a window >that says: > > "Attemping to connect to \\NAS\nas" > (Cancel) > >And it never seems to go away. > >and yes, under both cases I can simply login as the user nas via >ssh and touch/mkdir or do anything I want and the files get created >just fine. Frankly I think this is another case of Windows presenting >the user with a misleading diagnostic "Permission" problem when >something much more fundamental is going wrong with Samba. > >Please help. > >- Jeff >
Is this NAS thing running SELinux, by any chance? SELinux can give you a whole set of extra permissions problems even when the standard permissions look wide open. Try "ls -Z /mnt/nas". Moray. "To err is human. To purr, feline" -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba