[Samba] permission problems trying to access subdirectories of a samba share

[covici at ccs.covici.com]

Rowland penny <rpenny at samba.org> wrote:

> On 29/12/15 15:44, covici at ccs.covici.com wrote:
> > Rowland penny <rpenny at samba.org> wrote:
> >
> >> On 29/12/15 13:59, covici at ccs.covici.com wrote:
> >>> Hi.  I am having problems accessing subdirectories on a samba share.  I
> >>> am using windows 10 build 10586 and linux kernel 4.1.15-gentoo and samba
> >>> 4.2.7. I have two shares, one called audio and the other called
> >>> myshare.  I cannot access the subdirectories in the myshare share.  Here
> >>> are the definitions.
> >>> [myshare]
> >>> comment = root directory
> >>> path = /
> >>> #fake oplocks = yes
> >>>      writable = yes
> >>>      printable = no
> >>>      create mask = 0765
> >>> [audio]
> >>> comment = audio directory
> >>> path = /audio
> >>>      writable = yes
> >>>      printable = no
> >>>      create mask = 0765
> >>>    In windows, I access myshare using the root username and password,
> >>> in
> >>> audio I access using the user name covici and its password.  The audio
> >>> share works fine, the myshare windows cannot access any subdirectory.  I
> >>> either get the handle is invalid or a message saying I have permission
> >>> problems.
> >>>
> >>> Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
> >>>
> >> Why are you trying to share your entire Unix computer ?
> >>
> >> By sharing '/' you are giving your users access to the entire
> >> directory, do you really want to do this?
> >>
> > My users are just me, and sometimes I need to access from windows.
> >
> 
> Then install 'putty' and login via 'ssh', just don't do it via Samba.
> 

I need to have windows access to some files, and for other reasons, I
need samba to work properly, do you have any ideas?

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         covici at ccs.covici.com