A problem that has plagued me for a long time (finally decided to get some expert help) is setting the owner/group on directories/files I create with samba. Here is my situation:
On my Linux/Apache I have a user, smith. The /home/smith directory is owned by smith and is part of the group, todd (me) with permissions 775.
This works fine until I create via samba a directory in smith e.g. /home/smith/test. The directory is owned by todd and smith cannot create a file in it.
What have I missed and how do I fix it?
Todd
P.S. My admin expertise is just moderate since my Linux server just runs and runs without much administration needed.
Todd Cary wrote:
A problem that has plagued me for a long time (finally decided to get some expert help) is setting the owner/group on directories/files I create with samba. Here is my situation:
On my Linux/Apache I have a user, smith. The /home/smith directory is owned by smith and is part of the group, todd (me) with permissions 775.
This works fine until I create via samba a directory in smith e.g. /home/smith/test. The directory is owned by todd and smith cannot create a file in it.
What have I missed and how do I fix it?
Todd
P.S. My admin expertise is just moderate since my Linux server just runs and runs without much administration needed.
Todd, You did not provide a copy of your smb.conf you may want to check directory mask = 0775 create mask = 0664 in the global section or in the particular [homes] section as you see fit. another way is to use the sticky bit under unix file permissions ie chmod g+s /home/smith HTH
Rob -
I assume this is where I need to list all users and set the permissions as specified. Also, I do not find an entry for "directory mask".
# The following two entries demonstrate how to share a directory so that two # users can place files there that will be owned by the specific users. In this # setup, the directory should be writable by both users and should have the # sticky bit set on it to prevent abuse. Obviously this could be extended to # as many users as required. ;[myshare] ; comment = Mary's and Fred's stuff ; path = /usr/somewhere/shared ; valid users = mary fred ; public = no ; writable = yes ; printable = no ; create mask = 0765
Todd
On 7/12/2010 8:01 AM, Rob Kampen wrote:
Todd Cary wrote:
A problem that has plagued me for a long time (finally decided to get some expert help) is setting the owner/group on directories/files I create with samba. Here is my situation:
On my Linux/Apache I have a user, smith. The /home/smith directory is owned by smith and is part of the group, todd (me) with permissions 775.
This works fine until I create via samba a directory in smith e.g. /home/smith/test. The directory is owned by todd and smith cannot create a file in it.
What have I missed and how do I fix it?
Todd
P.S. My admin expertise is just moderate since my Linux server just runs and runs without much administration needed.
Todd, You did not provide a copy of your smb.conf you may want to check directory mask = 0775 create mask = 0664 in the global section or in the particular [homes] section as you see fit. another way is to use the sticky bit under unix file permissions ie chmod g+s /home/smith HTH
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On 07/12/2010 05:33 PM, Todd Cary wrote: ....
Also, I do not find an entry for "directory mask".
You could add one :-)
Mogens
On 7/12/2010 11:33 AM, Todd Cary wrote:
Rob -
I assume this is where I need to list all users and set the permissions as specified. Also, I do not find an entry for "directory mask".
# The following two entries demonstrate how to share a directory so that two # users can place files there that will be owned by the specific users. In this # setup, the directory should be writable by both users and should have the # sticky bit set on it to prevent abuse. Obviously this could be extended to # as many users as required. ;[myshare] ; comment = Mary's and Fred's stuff ; path = /usr/somewhere/shared ; valid users = mary fred ; public = no ; writable = yes ; printable = no ; create mask = 0765
The samples do not list every possible option -- just the common ones. There is lots of good configuration info in the man page. Here is a web version:
http://samba.org/samba/docs/man/manpages-3/smb.conf.5.html
Many thanks!
Todd
On 7/12/2010 8:44 AM, Bowie Bailey wrote:
On 7/12/2010 11:33 AM, Todd Cary wrote:
Rob -
I assume this is where I need to list all users and set the permissions as specified. Also, I do not find an entry for "directory mask".
# The following two entries demonstrate how to share a directory so that two # users can place files there that will be owned by the specific users. In this # setup, the directory should be writable by both users and should have the # sticky bit set on it to prevent abuse. Obviously this could be extended to # as many users as required. ;[myshare] ; comment = Mary's and Fred's stuff ; path = /usr/somewhere/shared ; valid users = mary fred ; public = no ; writable = yes ; printable = no ; create mask = 0765
The samples do not list every possible option -- just the common ones. There is lots of good configuration info in the man page. Here is a web version:
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