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

On Fri, 2022-03-04 at 17:21 -0500, Rob Campbell via samba
wrote:
> [Backup]
>     comment = Old Media storage
>     path = "/mnt/seagate/Backup"
>     guest ok = no
>     writeable = Yes
>     create mask = 0777
>     directory mask = 0777
>     valid users = myusername
> 
> I am able to mount it as a user with 'gio mount smb://$FS/backup'
but
> when
> I am in that dir, I am unable to write to it.  I can view the files
> but I
> can't save anything new or edit and save.
> 
> Is it writeable or writable?
Both and also 'read only = no'
What filesystem is the seagate drive using ?
You should also be aware that Samba cannot set permissions on a
file/directory that are greater than the OS will allow.

Rowland

I added 'read only = no'
The drive is extfat (usb drive).
How do I set samba group permissions on a directory?  'chown smbuser at
HOME.
. -R' chown: invalid user

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On Fri, Mar 4, 2022 at 5:29 PM Rowland Penny via samba <
samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:
> On Fri, 2022-03-04 at 17:21 -0500, Rob Campbell via samba wrote:
> > [Backup]
> >     comment = Old Media storage
> >     path = "/mnt/seagate/Backup"
> >     guest ok = no
> >     writeable = Yes
> >     create mask = 0777
> >     directory mask = 0777
> >     valid users = myusername
> >
> > I am able to mount it as a user with 'gio mount
smb://$FS/backup' but
> > when
> > I am in that dir, I am unable to write to it.  I can view the files
> > but I
> > can't save anything new or edit and save.
> >
> > Is it writeable or writable?
>
> Both and also 'read only = no'
> What filesystem is the seagate drive using ?
> You should also be aware that Samba cannot set permissions on a
> file/directory that are greater than the OS will allow.
>
> Rowland
>
>
>
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