Virtualbox has a plugin called Guest Additions which is an iso that you
can download, and configure to add file sharing capabilities between the
guest VM and the host system. You can then mount a host folder and it will
show up as a native folder on the VM. While this is convenient and fairly
easy to use it has a few draw backs. It can be slow to access and some
have reported file corruption issues when there are a large amount of
files and subfolders in the share. This may not be an issue for you
depending on use case.
I use VirtualBox VM's as LAMP servers for local development and test
environments for my web application projects. One Drupal project had 1+GB
of core/module/templates and custom templates in it. Using Guest Additions
to share the document root folder of the project with my MacBook Pro core
i5 with 8 GB proved to be slow for the VM to render the site in my test
browsers (upwards of 10 - 20 seconds sometimes). The fastest/simplest
share setup was to use an NFS mount in the VM.
If your file sharing use case is for Web development you may find that
samba is not any faster (even when you get it working) and may be slower
than Guest Additions (GA). Just an FYI. I only use Samba as a fileserver
(NAS) when I have to have the share accessible to Windows, Mac, and Linux
machines. There are other options besides NFS that offer more security and
more features for mission critical production file sharing, but if your use
case is simple local web development/testing NFS is (I think) the simplest
to implement. and faster than GA or Samba.
Just my 2 cents.
On Fri, Jul 31, 2015 at 6:50 PM, Keith Smith <
techlists@phpcoderusa.com>
wrote:
>
> Not on both. Interesting on the "Vm writable" = yes does not show.
>
> There was a couple differences. The VN mirrors the one that works.
> restarted nmb and smb and still cannot write files. While I was
> researching this issue today I found that others were complaining about not
> being able to write to guest VM's on VirtualBox, Linux to Linux.
>
> I also found a reference that said VirtualBox has a way to to file
> transfers. I need to read it. Maybe this week end... I have other thing
> that need my attention. Sure would like to find an answer. I think it is
> a VirtualBox thing.
>
>
> Thank you for all your ideas and help!!
>
> Keith
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On 2015-07-31 18:22, James Dugger wrote:
>
>> Have you run testparm from the command line on both of your samba
>> servers to see what is different between the servers
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 31, 2015 at 2:04 PM, Keith Smith
>> <techlists@phpcoderusa.com> wrote:
>>
>> I modified my valid user to correspond to yours.
>>>
>>> [work]
>>> path = /work
>>> browsable = yes
>>> writable = yes
>>> read only = no
>>> valid users = @keith +keith
>>> write list = keith
>>>
>>> The workstation runs Mint 17 KDE
>>>
>>> The Samba share is on a VirtualBox guest running CentOS 6.6.
>>>
>>> Permissions on the share are set to world writeable (777). The
>>> directories created by using Dolphin are 755 but no files can be
>>> added via Dolphin.
>>>
>>> Owner is keith:keith
>>>
>>> Both the host and the Samba have a user keith and same password.
>>>
>>> Please note I have another Samba box on my network with a different
>>> IP and mount point. Same user and password. This other Samba share
>>> is working fine and is connected to by the fstab.
>>>
>>> On 2015-07-31 12:48, James Dugger wrote:
>>>
>>> I am assuming that you've checked the ownership of the files and
>>> folders to ensure that user 'keith' and group 'keith' existing and
>>> are
>>> assigned correctly. If you are using the group keith, have you
>>> added
>>> the following line to your share in samba:
>>>
>>> valid users = @keith +keith
>>> The @ symbol indicates a group and a + indicates a samba username
>>> to
>>> add to the share. If the username 'keith' has been added to the
>>> group
>>> named 'keith' in /etc/group and the group ownership of all files
>>> and
>>> folders is listed as keith, than you should only need:
>>> valid users = @keith
>>> and it should be working.
>>>
>>> If the ownership of the group is not correct. from the parent
>>> directory of the share folder you may want to do:
>>> chown -R keith:keith <share_folder>/
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jul 31, 2015 at 11:38 AM, Keith Smith
>>> <techlists@phpcoderusa.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Thanks James!
>>>
>>> It mounts OK and I can create directories, just cannot upload
>>> files.
>>>
>>> On 2015-07-31 11:24, James Dugger wrote:
>>>
>>> Have you checked for any conflicts in the options portion in the
>>> mount statement of the drive where the share is located in the
>>> fstab
>>> file of the samba server ... with the mount statement on the samba
>>> client box? Your cifs mount statement calls for the username
>>> option.
>>> , does the mount statement for the drive where the file being
>>> shared on the server allow this user name option?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I'm mounting the actual drive on my samba server as ext4 with
>>> defaults. I am mounting the share on two mac boxes using cifs.
>>> My shares are used for backup not daily rw activity.
>>>
>>> Are you mounting using cifs ?
>>>
>>> My share is in CentOS 6.6 and my desktop is Mint 17 kde.
>>>
>>> I have a samba server on a LAMP dev box and it mounds just fine
>>> using
>>> cifs with the mount command being in the fstab.
>>>
>>> I wonder if there is a conflix between the two boxes or if there
>>> is
>>> something I am missing.
>>>
>>> I spun up a minimul CentOS VM and can ping etc. Turned off
>>> SElinux
>>> and IPTables. Installed and configured Samba and the same thing is
>>> happening.
>>>
>>> I can connect and brows just not upload files. I can even create
>>> directories.
>>>
>>> I set the share to 0777.
>>>
>>> Could this be a VM thing?
>>>
>>> On 2015-07-26 19:01, James Dugger wrote:
>>>
>>> I set up my own share declaration at the end of the smb.conf file.
>>> For example I have a simple one called [archive] that allows
>>> backups
>>> to be placed on a server running Ubuntu 15.04 server edition.
>>>
>>> I create the samba users and passwords for each user (these match
>>> their unix user accounts)
>>> I set the appropriate unix permissions for the group that I want
>>> typically 775.
>>> I create a group called "archive" in /etc/group and then add all
>>> of
>>> the users who are to have access to it into the archive group.
>>> the valid users = @group_name is the key that allows samba to
>>> control
>>> the access to samba share.
>>>
>>> The key is add the the users to the group in /etc/group and to make
>>> sure that they have a mapped samba username and password.
>>>
>>> [archive]
>>> comment = backup drive
>>> path = /srv/archive
>>> browseable = yes
>>> guest ok = no
>>> valid users = @archive
>>>
>>> There are other options but I usually find that the I forget to
>>> update
>>> the /etc/group file.
>>>
>>> Hope that helps
>>>
>>> On Sun, Jul 26, 2015 at 11:33 AM, Keith Smith
>>> <techlists@phpcoderusa.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Thanks for the link.
>>>
>>> My smbpasswd is in /usr/bin/smbpasswd
>>>
>>> Just to make sure I : touch /etc/samba/smbpasswd
>>>
>>> then I :
>>> smbpasswd -x username
>>> smbpasswd -a username
>>>
>>> still same issue.
>>>
>>> Remove /etc/samba/smbpasswd
>>>
>>> I've created several directories off of /work/ on the samba
>>> server
>>> using the Samba server's command line. Using Dolphin on my
>>> desktop
>>> I can add directories to /work/ - they have correct permissions
>>> and
>>> ownership. However I get a permissions dialog when adding files
>>> to
>>> /work/
>>>
>>> If I try to add a file to one of those directories I created
>>> using
>>> Dolphin on my desktop there is no error and no file shows up.
>>>
>>> Thank you for your help!!
>>> Keith
>>>
>>> On 2015-07-26 10:28, Stephen Partington wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-newbie-8/samba-smbpasswd-file-missing-750367/
>>
>>> [1]
>>>
>>> [4]
>>>
>>> [3]
>>>
>>> [1]
>>> [3]
>>>
>>> On Sun, Jul 26, 2015 at 10:22 AM, Keith Smith
>>> <techlists@phpcoderusa.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Thanks!! I added the Samba user as one of the first steps. My
>>> smb.config shows "passdb backend = tdbsam". I cannot find the
>>> tdbsam file. What am I missing?
>>>
>>> On 2015-07-26 09:56, Todd Millecam wrote:
>>>
>>> If I remember right, samba doesn't follow regular *nix
>>> permissions.
>>> Try running the command:
>>> smbadduser
>>>
>>> to get your user name and password in. Use those credentials when
>>> you
>>> login to transfer files and see if it works.
>>>
>>> On Sun, Jul 26, 2015 at 10:18 AM, Keith Smith
>>> <techlists@phpcoderusa.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I am running Mint 17 KDE. I've uploaded Virtualbox and created a
>>> vm using CentOS 6.6. On the CentOS 6.6 VM I installed Samba.
>>>
>>> I created a user on the VM and created the same user as a Samba
>>> user.
>>> I created a directory off root : /work
>>> smb and nmb are both running.
>>> in the /etc/samba/smb.conf I:
>>> 1) set the workgroup - I do not think this is necessary since I
>>> am
>>> connection from Linux.
>>> 2) commented out all the cups references
>>> 3) added the following lines:
>>>
>>> - path = /work
>>> - writable = yes
>>> - browseable = yes
>>> - read only = no
>>>
>>> SELinux is disables
>>> IPTables is disabled
>>>
>>> I have the exact same config on a laptop running CentOS 6.6 and
>>> it
>>> works fine. Only difference is the laptop mounts and connects to
>>> Samba from the fstab.
>>>
>>> To connect to the Samba share on the VM I issue the following
>>> command from my desktop's command line:
>>>
>>> sudo mount -t cifs -o user='username' //192.168.20.51/work/ [2] [1]
>>>
>>> [1]
>>>
>>> [2] [1]
>>> [1]
>>>
>>> /mnt/centos6 (command line on my desktop)
>>>
>>> It mounts and I can view the /work directory in Dolphin on the
>>> the
>>> parent (mint 17 KDE desktop).
>>>
>>> I cannot upload files though.
>>>
>>> To test I : chmod -R 777 /work which did not help.
>>>
>>> I checked the Samba logs and they contain almost nothing - no
>>> errors are being logged.
>>>
>>> I've scoured the internet and am finding no solution.
>>>
>>> Tied:
>>>
>>> create mask = 0755
>>> create mode = 0660
>>> directory mode = 0770
>>> force create mode = 0660
>>> force directory mode = 0770
>>> force user = keith
>>> force group = keith
>>>
>>> which did not make a difference.
>>>
>>> Any ideas are much appreciated.
>>>
>>> Thanks!!
>>> Keith
>>>
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>>>
>>> Links:
>>> ------
>>> [1] http://192.168.20.51/work/ [2] [1] [1] [2] [1]
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>>> A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you
>>> from
>>> rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze
>>> button.
>>>
>>> Stephen
>>>
>>> Links:
>>> ------
>>> [1] http://192.168.20.51/work/ [2] [1] [1] [2]
>>> [2] http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss [3] [2]
>>> [2]
>>> [3]
>>> [3]
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-newbie-8/samba-smbpasswd-file-missing-750367/
>> [1]
>> [4]
>>
>> [3]
>>>
>>> [1]
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>>>
>>> Links:
>>> ------
>>> [1]
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-newbie-8/samba-smbpasswd-file-missing-750367/
>> [1]
>> [4]
>>
>> [3]
>>> [2] http://192.168.20.51/work/ [2] [1] [1]
>>> [3] http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss [3] [2]
>>> [2]
>>> [4] http://www.linkedin.com/pub/james-h-dugger/15/64b/74a/ [4] [3]
>>> [4]
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>> [2] http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss [3] [2]
>> [3]
>>
>>
>>
>> http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-newbie-8/samba-smbpasswd-file-missing-750367/
>> [1]
>> [4]
>> [4] http://www.linkedin.com/pub/james-h-dugger/15/64b/74a/ [4] [3]
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>>
>> Links:
>> ------
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>> [2] http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss [3]
>> [3] http://www.linkedin.com/pub/james-h-dugger/15/64b/74a/ [4]
>> [4]
>>
>>
>> http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-newbie-8/samba-smbpasswd-file-missing-750367/
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>>
>>
>> Links:
>> ------
>> [1]
>>
>> http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-newbie-8/samba-smbpasswd-file-missing-750367/
>> [2] http://192.168.20.51/work/
>> [3] http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
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