Samba Connecting, cannot transfer files

Keith Smith techlists at phpcoderusa.com
Fri Jul 31 18:50:21 MST 2015 

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 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/
>> [1]
>> [4]
>> 
>> [3]
>> 
>> [1]
>> [3]
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>> 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/ [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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>> from
>> rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze
>> button.
>> 
>> Stephen
>> 
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