chris
2007-Oct-30 15:36 UTC
[Samba] Re: Ubuntu 7.10 64 Bit Server Can't Write to Shares [SOLVED]
On Oct 27, 2007 8:21 PM, chris <lostpkts@gmail.com> wrote:> I'm working on bringing up a new server and decided to give Ubuntu > 7.10 64 bit a try. I installed it to a vmware instance along with > Samba to test it out before hand while waiting for all the hardware to > show up. > > I made my smb.conf file similar to what I have on my Gentoo server > that is working fine. My goal is to have read only shares for most > users but with ability to write by admins. > > This is what I have for my gentoo machine (working). (Just showing the > shares portion.) > > [files] > comment = Misc Files and Programs > path = /shares/files > valid users = @users > admin users = @admin > write list = @admin > > With Ubuntu the above doesn't work at all. Clients can't connect. > Users are added into smbpasswd and are in the 'users' group. Admins > are in admin. > > I followed an Ubuntu wiki on Samba and came up with this. > > [files] > comment = Misc Files and Programs > path = /shares/files > read only = yes > create mask = 644 > directory mask = 755 > force user = nobody > force group = nogroup > #valid users = @users > #admin users = @admin > #write list = @admin > > My clients can connect but I had to comment out the lines above to get > it to work. > > So I tried this. > > [files] > comment = Misc Files and Programs > path = /shares/files > create mask = 644 > directory mask = 755 > write list = user1 > > Again, able to connect, but no joy on writes for user1 > > > I'm not really sure on next steps. And confused as those options work > fine on my Gentoo install but can't get them working at all on Ubuntu. > > Can someone please point me in the write direction? > > Thank you >I uninstalled Samba and then reinstalled it and it started to use the options below (admin users, write list, etc). Everything is working now. When I installed Samba originally I selected it as a package during the initial install of the server. I guess there is a slight problem that way. Thanks again.