[Samba] Problem with samba share file permissions: Write protection is not working as expected
raj kernel
raj.kernel at gmail.com
Wed Aug 3 08:41:20 MDT 2011
Dear TAKAHASHI Motonobu,
Thanks for the reply. Here is the info you have requested for.
cat /usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf
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[global]
server string = Star's 9100 Samba TEST Server
security = share
socket options = TCP_NODELAY IPTOS_LOWDELAY
max xmit = 65535
read size = 65535
interfaces = eth0
dns proxy = no
guest account = root
use mmap = yes
large readwrite = yes
ls output
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# ls -la /mnt/data1
total 1
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 33 Jan 1 05:09 .
drwxr-xr-x 12 root root 1024 Jan 1 00:26 ..
dr-------- 2 root root 21 Jan 1 05:11 private
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 21 Jan 1 05:11 public
#
Please let me know if you need any additional information.
On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 7:54 PM, TAKAHASHI Motonobu <monyo at monyo.com> wrote:
> From: raj kernel <raj.kernel at gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2011 18:35:16 +0530
>
> > I have configured samba server on a Linux machine. My smb.conf for the
> samba
> > share is as follows:
> >
> > [data1]
> > path = /mnt/data1
> > guest ok = yes
> > public = yes
> > writable = yes
> > read only = no
> > create mode = 0777
> > directory mode = 0777
> > printable = no
> >
> > I have created two subdir's 'private' and 'public' under /mnt/data1.
> public
> > has all access permissions '777', but private has only read permissions.
> > I am able to write/create files to both 'public' as well as 'private'
> > directory when these shares are accessed from Windows7 machine.
> Write/create
> > operation has to be denied for 'private' dir as it only has 'read'
> > permission enabled, but it's not denied, file write/create operation
> still
> > succeeds :(
> >
> > Could someone help me what am I missing?
> > Do I need to add ACL support to my file system and samba for the
> > directory/read permissions to work?
>
> It seems that your "data1" configuration is not bad.
> Show the result of "ls -la /mnt/data1" and your global section.
>
> ---
> TAKAHASHI Motonobu <monyo at samba.gr.jp>
>
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