Samba Connecting, cannot transfer files

[Todd Millecam]

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 at 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/ /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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Todd Millecam
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