Samba Connecting, cannot transfer files

James Dugger james.dugger at gmail.com
Fri Jul 31 12:48:03 MST 2015 

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 at 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 at 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/
>>
>>> [3]
>>>
>>> [1]
>>>> [3]
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Jul 26, 2015 at 10:22 AM, Keith Smith
>>>> <techlists at 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 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/ [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/ [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/ [1] [2]
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>>>> [3]
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>>>>
>>>
>>>
>> http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-newbie-8/samba-smbpasswd-file-missing-750367/
>>
>>> [3]
>>>
>>> [1]
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>>> Links:
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>>> [1]
>>>
>>>
>> http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-newbie-8/samba-smbpasswd-file-missing-750367/
>>
>>> [3]
>>> [2] http://192.168.20.51/work/ [1]
>>> [3] http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss [2]
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>>
>> http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-newbie-8/samba-smbpasswd-file-missing-750367/
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