Just out of curiosity why does everyone seem to use host instead of
something like dig +trace? It seems like it would resolve a lot of problems.
On Tue, Apr 25, 2023, 1:26 AM Rowland Penny via samba <samba at
lists.samba.org>
wrote:
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> On 25/04/2023 03:38, Steven Vishoot via samba wrote:
> > I have a situation where my shares all give me permission denied
errors
> > whenever I try to save a file to it. I have four shares and one of
them
> is
> > allowed to save but the others will not save anything. The one that I
can
> > write to is original to the server and was set up when samba still had
> swat
> > and that let me do a lot of things in the shared files. The other
three
> > were added later and I didn't try saving anything to these drives
because
> > originally was the backup server. Now it is the main server since the
> > other server crashed. Now I cannot figure out what is wrong even when
I
> use
> > webmin it still doesn't show me that anything is wrong. What else
can I
> do?
> > I am stumped and annoyed. I have attached my config file for samba.
> Please
> > can someone help me figure this out?
> > Regards,
> > Steven Vishoot
> >
> >
>
> I wouldn't use webmin, it hasn't really kept up with Samba.
>
> You haven't told us what OS and Samba version you are using, so the
> following is guess work.
>
> This list strips attachments, so this is the OP's smb.conf:
>
> # See smb.conf.example for a more detailed config file or
> # read the smb.conf manpage.
> # Run 'testparm' to verify the config is correct after
> # you modified it.
>
> [global]
> host allow = 192.168.1, 127.
> load printers = yes
> cups options = raw
> printing = cups
> workgroup = SAMBA
> create mask = 0664
> printcap name = cups
> encrypt passwords = yes
> dirctory mask = 0777
>
> Unless that is a copying error, dirctory should be directory
>
> security = user
> passdb backend = tdbsam
>
> [homes]
> comment = Home Directories
> valid users = %S, %D%w%S
> browseable = No
> read only = No
> inherit acls = Yes
>
> [printers]
> comment = All Printers
> path = /var/tmp
> printable = Yes
> create mask = 0600
> browseable = No
>
> [print$]
> comment = Printer Drivers
> path = /var/lib/samba/drivers
> write list = @printadmin root
> force group = @printadmin
> create mask = 0664
> directory mask = 0775
>
> [image-movies]
> comment = All movies
> writeable = yes
> user = @svishoot
>
> Hmm, 'user' was a synonym for 'username' and
'username' was removed at
> Samba 4.5.0
> I would change 'user' to 'valid users'
>
> path = /images-movies
>
> [shared]
> comment = Shared Directory
> writeable = yes
> valid users = @svishoot,,steven
> user = @svishoot
> path = /shared
> directory mode = 775
>
> [music]
> comment = Music Directory
> path = /music
> user = @svishoot
> writeable = yes
> read only = no
>
> You do know that 'writeable' and 'read only' are inverted
synonyms ?
> That is, in the way you have them set, they mean exactly the same.
>
>
> [picture]
> comment = Picture Directory
> path = /picture
> user = @svishoot
> writeable = yes
> read only = no
>
> [quicken]
> comment = Quicken Directory
> path = /quicken
> user = @svishoot, at steven
> writeable = yes
> read only = no
>
> The other thing to look at, Samba cannot give more permissions than the
> underlying acls allow, so check that the users have the required
> permissions on the share directories.
>
> Rowland
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