samba: windows clients can't read/write to files

poirchr · n00b Joined: 20 Mar 2004 Posts: 18 Location: Canada

I am running samba 3.0.6-r4 on my linux box, and I have 4 windows (2000/XP) computers on my network. The windows computers can browse files, create new ones and copy files over to linux; but they cannot read/write the files (even chmod 777 ones), and I have no idea why.

Here are the relevant parts of my smb.conf:

nyteryda · Guru Joined: 26 Jul 2003 Posts: 337 Location: London

why have you commented out read only = no ?
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poirchr · n00b Joined: 20 Mar 2004 Posts: 18 Location: Canada

that was just testing out different parameters. I get the same error whether it is commented or not.

Child of Wonder · n00b Joined: 15 Sep 2004 Posts: 1

I'm having this same problem. Still a Linux/Gentoo noob so I'm struggling to figure this out. Help would be greatly appreciated.

frantux · n00b Joined: 03 Jun 2004 Posts: 15

are you guys sure that the user permissions on the directories you're trying to write to allow the user you login as to write there?

nobspangle · Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2004 12:31 pm Post subject:

these are opposites
public = yes
guest ok = no

poirchr · n00b Joined: 20 Mar 2004 Posts: 18 Location: Canada

commenting out one, none or both of these statements still doesn't get rid of the error.
Tried updating to samba 3.0.7, but still no luck.

... and frantux, read the WHOLE post before making your stupid comments:

nobspangle · Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2004 2:21 pm Post subject:

I would check the upstream permissions. I'm always running into that trap.

For example
I might have a file in a directory and the permissions are rwx for everyone, and the permissions on the directory they are in are also rwx for everyone. However the directory that they lie in is owned by root:root and is only writeable to the owner.

also try turning off your AV

nyteryda · Guru Joined: 26 Jul 2003 Posts: 337 Location: London

I know it kinda goes against the grain of unix and text file configs, but you could try swat it makes configuring samba really easy... (and if you are worried about running a extra service just stop when you are configured)
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stackTrace · n00b Joined: 16 Sep 2004 Posts: 3 Location: Racine, WI

Here's a snippet from my smb.conf. I just finished setting this server up today and had some permissions problems of my own. Users could drop files in, but after that, they could do nothing with them. I'd check what nobspangle was talking about and check the permissions on everything.