Greetings, I am having trouble writing to my Samba share
"//ent1/data". When I connect via smbclient from another machine, I
can navigate and read files, but I can't create a directory or replace
any files; smbclient prints the message:
"NT_STATUS_MEDIA_WRITE_PROTECTED making remote directory \test"
Incidentally, it *used* to work fine until I upgraded my Ubuntu
Desktop to 8.0.4LTS.
My other server, running Ubuntu 8.0.4 Server Edition, hosts a Samba
server known as "//prod1/private". I *am* able to write to that
share.
So I tried copying that smb.conf over to my "ent1" box, changing only
the share name. Unfortunately, same problem.
Each machine has the same exact userid (chris) and password. Same UID
and GID on each (1000).
Connecting from a Windows client (christ60p), also with the same
userId and password, has the same problem, but at least smbstatus on
the Samba server shows that it knows it is connected "RDONLY". WHY?!
=========Samba version 3.0.28a
PID Username Group Machine
-------------------------------------------------------------------
17049 chris chris prod1 (192.168.0.3)
17358 chris chris christ60p (192.168.0.2)
Service pid machine Connected at
-------------------------------------------------------
data 17049 prod1 Wed Sep 10 18:02:52 2008
data 17358 christ60p Wed Sep 10 18:27:16 2008
Locked files:
Pid Uid DenyMode Access R/W Oplock
SharePath Name Time
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
17358 1000 DENY_NONE 0x100001 RDONLY NONE
/data . Wed Sep 10 18:27:17 2008
17358 1000 DENY_NONE 0x100001 RDONLY NONE
/data music Wed Sep 10 18:27:27 2008
===========
File permissions do not seem to be the issue, I loosened the entire
shared directory tree on "ent1" to 777. On "prod1" they are
700 and
access works!
Also, smbcacls on each machine ("ent1" and "prod1") both
show the
exact same output:
(Run from ent1)
smbcacls //prod1/private / -U chris
Password:
REVISION:1
OWNER:PROD1\chris
GROUP:Unix Group\chris
ACL:PROD1\chris:ALLOWED/0/FULL
ACL:Unix Group\chris:ALLOWED/0/
ACL:\Everyone:ALLOWED/0/
(Run from prod1)
smbcacls //ent1/data / -U chris
Password:
REVISION:1
OWNER:ENT1\chris
GROUP:Unix Group\chris
ACL:PROD1\chris:ALLOWED/0/FULL
ACL:Unix Group\chris:ALLOWED/0/
ACL:\Everyone:ALLOWED/0/
======
Next I tried cranking up syslog = 3 and on each server and comparing
what I saw in the log files for clues. I can, of course, see the
"connect to service private initially as user chris (uid=1000,
gid=1000)" message. BUT, interestingly, on the "prod1" which is
*working* I have what appear to be error messages like:
auth/auth_util.c:create_builtin_administrators(792)
create_builtin_administrators: Failed to create Administrators
and a similar message user about "Failed to create Users".
Yeow, I don't know whether this failure is opening up the "prod1"
system for write access. (!)
======
I also made sure the binaries /usr/sbin/smbd were owned by root and
they are. HOWEVER, even though each machine is supposed to be running
Samba 3.0.28a, their sizes and timestamps are different!
Sooo, I shutdown samba on ent1, copied the binary from prod1.
Unfortunately, same result.
=========
I've spent five days trying to get this working. I have no hair left
to pull. PLEASE, can anyone give me a hint?
Regards,
Chris Muller
PS - My output from my testparm:
[global]
workgroup = MULLER
server string = %h (Samba, Ubuntu)
map to guest = Bad User
syslog = 3
syslog only = Yes
debug uid = Yes
socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=16384 SO_SNDBUF=16384
dns proxy = No
panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d
invalid users = root
hosts allow = 192.168.0., 192.168.1.
[printers]
comment = All Printers
path = /var/spool/samba
create mask = 0700
printable = Yes
browseable = No
[print$]
comment = Printer Drivers
path = /var/lib/samba/printers
[data]
comment = private Data
path = /data
read only = No
create mask = 0750
directory mask = 0750
guest ok = Yes