[Samba] Cannot write over root owned file

[david rankin]

From: "Larry Alkoff" <labradley at mindspring.com>
> david rankin wrote:
>> From: "Larry Alkoff" <labradley at mindspring.com>
>>>
>>> Which leads to the question,  how do I act as root on a samba share?
>>> Or perhaps the question is how do I become root on the share?
>>> Is sharing as root okay or is it bad practice?  Why?
>>>
>>
>> Larry, in your smb.conf, try this:
>>
>>        valid users = you
>>        force user = root
>>        force group = root
>>        admin users = you
>>
>> I believe if you just set admin users = whoever, that will force the user 
>> and group to root by default. It has been a while since I played with 
>> this, but I still use it and it works...
>
> I'm a little hesitant to access a share with full root access all the 
> time.  Do you consider this safe?
>

Yes, it's safe as long and you don't go wild hitting the [del] key in a 
willie-nillie fashion. What I usually do that masks this from all users 
except me is to create the user shares say:

/home/samba/office
/home/samba/forms
/home/samba/jointcase

Then for my use I include an additional share for my use only which give me 
root access to all share data; and that also hides the share from all users. 
YMMV, but it works for me.

[samba]
        comment = Base Samba Share
        path = /home/samba
        valid users = david
        force user = david
        force group = ochiltree
        admin users = david
        browseable = no
        writeable = Yes
        inherit permissions = yes


> What I've worked out is to mount tillie in my smbmt script with the line:
> smbmount //tillie/all  /mnt/tillie
> which picks up the $USER.
> So if I run the script as $USER=root I'm root, otherwise a user even 
> though my $UID=0 when I su to run the script and smbmount.
>
> I wish there was some way to "su" into a share but haven't seen it yet.
>

Well for me, its fire up PuTTy; www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/
ssh server, log in as me,
su
and you are in.

>> Aside: Next time you are at the Salt Lick in Driftwood, don't forget to 
>> order the blueberry cobbler and vanilla ice cream desert. Yes, after the 
>> family style all you can eat, it will hurt, but it is worth it...
>
> Ahh, Salt Lick.  I live close by, off Camp Ben Macoulough Rd about two 
> miles from Hwy 290 West so I've been there more times than is good for me 
> <g>
>
> Come to town some town and I'll treat you.  I'm in the book.
>

You are on! Both grand parents lived in Austin. 1807 Pearl, and the other in 
Jonestown on lake Travis. Ahh the days, the hike-n-bike, the lake, chasing 
squirrels with bb guns in Pease Park, Barton Springs (before it was 
topless), Town Lake.....

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