[Samba] Permission issue (I think)

[Jeremy Allison]

On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 10:27:22AM -0700, Massner, Keith wrote:
> I'm attempting to modify/delete files from Vista and am getting an
> intermittent error that permission is denied.  Frustrating.  I can
> create new files all day long. I might be able to rename it once or
> twice.  But then I'll get a permission denied error.  I can NEVER delete
> a file I created. 
> 
> What I want is a share that is world readable, writeable, modifiable,
> etc.  Yes, I know its insecure.  But its just me.
> 
> I'm using Samba 3.5.4 on CentOS 5.5, 32 bit.  Yep, I have set all file
> permissions and ownership.  Also of note is that the same directory is
> exported for NFS (and mounted via nfs on a media player when its turned
> on).  NFS has no permissions problems. Lsattr shows nothing interesting.
> 
> A sample of smbstatus is:
> 4667         500        DENY_NONE  0x20089     RDONLY     NONE
> /storage1/SharedMedia   Music/Alison Krauss/Lonely Runs Both Ways/02
> Restless.mp3   Wed Aug 11 01:44:54 2010
> 
> Here's my stuff:
> [global]
>         log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
> ; Take this out once you figure this crap out.
>         log level = 10
>         netbios name = marvin
>         interfaces = 192.168.2.11/24
>         usershare owner only = false
>         null passwords = yes
>         server string = Samba Server Version %v (%h)
>         security = SHARE
>         encrypt passwords = Yes
>         username map = /etc/samba/smbusers
>         max log size = 50
>         preferred master = Yes
>         acl check permissions = No
>         guest ok = Yes
>         guest only = Yes

>         nt acl support = No

This may be your problem. We *never* test without NT ACL support
being set to yes anymore. This option should really be removed.

Remove it from your smb.conf and retry.

>         cups options = raw
>         load printers = No
>         socket options = TCP_NODELAY IPTOS_LOWDELAY SO_RCVBUF=65536
> SO_SNDBUF=65536

Second guessing the kernel on SNDBUF and RCVBUF sizes is also a bad
idea.

Jeremy.