[Samba] No write access on new shares until smbd is restarted

[john doe]

On 6/15/2018 12:07 PM, Eugene Pankov via samba wrote:
> [my previous mail didn't register as an answer in the list it seems]
> 
> Yep - that's a standalone server. We're running the same configuration
> (generated from a template) on over a hundred of servers, and just a few
> manifest this "readonly until restart" behaviour.
> I'm struggling to isolate any specific conditions that cause this at the
> moment.
> The users are added as Samba users.
> 
> 
> On Thu, Jun 14, 2018 at 10:06 PM Rowland Penny via samba <
> samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:
> 
>> On Thu, 14 Jun 2018 20:14:13 +0200
>> Eugene Pankov <e at ajenti.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Rowland,
>>>
>>> Sorry - here are the globals and share config:
>>>
>>> [global]
>>> template shell=/bin/bash
>>> log file=/var/log/samba/log.%m
>>> log level=8
>>> max log size=5000
>>> passdb backend=tdbsam
>>> load printers=no
>>> printing=bsd
>>> printcap name=/dev/null
>>> map to guest=bad user
>>>
>>> [2430_ram]
>>> path=/data/fs/2430-ram
>>> guest ok=no
>>> browseable=yes
>>> create mask=0775
>>> directory mask=0775
>>> read only=no
>>> follow symlinks=yes
>>> wide links=no
>>> valid users=man_dude
>>> oplocks=yes
>>> locking=yes
>>>
>>> The log from my first message is a user attempting and failing to
>>> create a folder in the root of the share. The user is the one
>>> specified in valid_users.
>>>
>>> The OS level permissions are correct - i.e. I can log in locally as
>>> man_dude and create that folder on the FS.
>>>
>>
>> OK, if I remove all the default lines, I am left with this:
>>
>> [global]
>> template shell=/bin/bash
>> log file=/var/log/samba/log.%m
>> log level=8
>> load printers=no
>> printing=bsd
>> printcap name=/dev/null
>> map to guest=bad user
>>
>> [2430_ram]
>> path=/data/fs/2430-ram
>> create mask=0775
>> directory mask=0775
>> read only=no
>> valid users=man_dude
>>
>> And you can probably remove 'map to guest=bad user' as well, because
>> you do not have 'guest ok = yes' in the share.
>>
>> You could probably remove 'template shell=/bin/bash' as well, it isn't
>> needed, your Unix has it own shell.
>>
>>  From your smb.conf, you are running samba as a standalone server, is
>> this what you require ?
>> If it is, have you added the Unix users as Samba users ?
>> For more info, see here:
>>
>> https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Setting_up_Samba_as_a_Standalone_Server
>>

If you are resending your perfectly registered answer, it would be wise 
to also resend a revised copy of your smb.conf (see above rowland's answer).

-- 
John Doe