[Samba] Help pls. -- Samba permission question

[Gary Dale]

On 12/12/12 02:07 PM, J Gao wrote:
> Thank you Gary  for the help.
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> On 12-12-12 09:45 AM, Gary Dale wrote:
>> If you want the CIFS permissions to be set correctly, use the Samba/CIFS
>> tools to set them (ie. set them from the client. Don't set them using
>> Unix permissions on the server).
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> I don't know if I'm doing it correct. I'm using a bash script to help 
> user mount the CIFS share like this:
>
> sudo mount.cifs //fileserver/management/ ${HOME}/fileserver/management 
> -o user=${USER},password=$userPass,uid=$UID,rw,mand
>
> Could you give me an example on using Samba/CIFS tools?
That line mounts the share using the credentials you gave it but that 
doesn't set the permissions. If you right-click on the share's folder, 
you should be able to set the CIFS permissions.


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>> Your example shows you setting the group to managegroup but your
>> smb.conf forces the group to management. Which is it?
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> my typo. I want make clear so I change the group name to managegroup. 
> The actual group name it the same "managment" which I think may cause 
> confusion when I post my question. Sorry.
>
> Bets Regards.
>
> Gao
So is your user a member of management? Rather than forcing the group to 
management, you could just add members to the group.

Also, when you set the Unix ownership and permissions too tightly, you 
may prevent Samba from accessing the share properly. Since the share 
directories and files are to be accessed only through CIFS/Samba, the 
Unix permissions can and should be very loose. My shares all have Unix 
permissions with everyone having rwx access.


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>> The last line in your server commands I believe should be chmod, not 
>> chowm.
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>> On 12/12/12 12:21 PM, J Gao wrote:
>>> Hi, All,
>>>
>>> I'm having a problem with my samba server(v3.6.9) setup. I have a
>>> share on the server:
>>>
>>> #cd /
>>> #mkdir managment
>>> #chown -R root:managegroup management
>>> #chowm -R 2770 management
>>>
>>> When I test this I found out:
>>> the managegroup member can create new file/dir with the correct
>>> permission: -rwxrws--- or drwxrws---
>>>
>>> BUT, when the client copy a file or dir to the share from his local
>>> drive, then some file/dir will have different the permission when it
>>> coiped to the Samba share. (for example, drwxrwxr-x)
>>>
>>> We have both Windows and Ubuntu client. Ubuntu client use cifs.mount
>>> to access the Samba share.
>>>
>>> Here is my smb.conf file. Please help me. All I want is when and file
>>> and/or dir end up on the samba share, it should have 770 permission.
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>> Gao
>>>
>>>
>>> my smb.conf:
>>> ============================================
>>> [global]
>>>         workgroup = WORKGROUP
>>>         server string = My File Server
>>>         interfaces = lo bond0 192.168.1.2/24
>>>         hosts allow = 127. 192.168.1.
>>>         log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
>>>         max log size = 1000
>>>         security = user
>>>         passdb backend = tdbsam
>>>         guest account = nobody
>>>         map to guest = Bad User
>>>         wins support = yes
>>>         dns proxy = no
>>>         map acl inherit = yes
>>>         nt acl support = yes
>>>         load printers = no
>>>         printing = bsd
>>>         printcap name = /dev/null
>>>         disable spoolss = yes
>>>         create mask = 0770
>>>         force security mode = 0770
>>>         force create mode = 0770
>>>         directory mask = 0770
>>>         force directory mode = 0770
>>>
>>> [Management]
>>>     comment =
>>>         path = /management
>>>         browsable = yes
>>>         public = no
>>>         writable = yes
>>>         read only = no
>>>         force group = management
>>>         valid users = @management
>>>
>>> ========================================
>>>
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