Samba Connecting, cannot transfer files

James Dugger james.dugger at gmail.com
Fri Jul 31 18:22:03 MST 2015 

​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 at 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 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/
>> [4]
>>
>> [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]
>>>> [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:
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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:
>>>> ------
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>>>
>>
>> http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-newbie-8/samba-smbpasswd-file-missing-750367/
>> [4]
>>
>> [3]
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>> http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-newbie-8/samba-smbpasswd-file-missing-750367/
>> [4]
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>> [3]
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