samba - Mar 2022 - Unable to write to a share that I should have access to

On Mon, 2022-03-07 at 20:40 -0600, Patrick Goetz via samba
wrote:
> 
> On 3/7/22 13:21, Rob Campbell via samba wrote:
> > Following
> >
https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwiki.samba.org%2Findex.php%2FSetting_up_a_Share_Using_POSIX_ACLs%23Setting_Standard_UNIX_ACLs&data=04%7C01%7C%7C669af0e754c843d7516d08da006fc9d4%7C31d7e2a5bdd8414e9e97bea998ebdfe1%7C0%7C0%7C637822777375468687%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=hj4tbwZ8u%2BffgWXEwGyykmzxbHT%2B2Z6fxzc1B6MsUsg%3D&reserved=0
> > 
> > # chmod 2770 /srv/samba/Demo/
> > # chown root:"Domain Users" /srv/samba/Demo/
> > 
> > When I try this, I get an error message
> > $ chown testuser:"Media Users" TV_Shows/
> > chown: invalid user: ?testuser:Media Users?
> > 
> 
> First of all, you can't use chown as an ordinary user.  Only root can
> do 
> this.  Second, I'm pretty sure your syntax is wrong?  Try this (as
> root):
> 
>     # chown testuser:"Media Users" TV_Shows
You can run 'chown' as a normal user, whether you have the permissions
to run it against a particular file is another thing. Also, there was
nothing wrong with the syntax.

Rowland

On 3/8/22 00:49, Rowland Penny via samba wrote:
> On Mon, 2022-03-07 at 20:40 -0600, Patrick Goetz via samba wrote:
>>
>> On 3/7/22 13:21, Rob Campbell via samba wrote:
>>> Following
>>>
https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwiki.samba.org%2Findex.php%2FSetting_up_a_Share_Using_POSIX_ACLs%23Setting_Standard_UNIX_ACLs&data=04%7C01%7C%7Ced0df6aa1dac4270f65608da00cfee65%7C31d7e2a5bdd8414e9e97bea998ebdfe1%7C0%7C0%7C637823190313579415%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=t8D4AdFB32Pgv8Cl4FaQrmWJ%2FoVwaUd7a4CN6fZs68k%3D&reserved=0
>>>
>>> # chmod 2770 /srv/samba/Demo/
>>> # chown root:"Domain Users" /srv/samba/Demo/
>>>
>>> When I try this, I get an error message
>>> $ chown testuser:"Media Users" TV_Shows/
>>> chown: invalid user: ?testuser:Media Users?
>>>
>>
>> First of all, you can't use chown as an ordinary user.  Only root
can
>> do
>> this.  Second, I'm pretty sure your syntax is wrong?  Try this (as
>> root):
>>
>>      # chown testuser:"Media Users" TV_Shows
> 
> You can run 'chown' as a normal user, whether you have the
permissions
> to run it against a particular file is another thing. Also, there was
> nothing wrong with the syntax.
> 
What permission would allow you to run chown as a normal user?

> Rowland
> 
> 
>