[Samba] permission problems trying to access subdirectories of a samba share

[Rowland penny]

On 29/12/15 13:59, covici at ccs.covici.com wrote:
> Hi.  I am having problems accessing subdirectories on a samba share.  I
> am using windows 10 build 10586 and linux kernel 4.1.15-gentoo and samba
> 4.2.7. I have two shares, one called audio and the other called
> myshare.  I cannot access the subdirectories in the myshare share.  Here
> are the definitions.
> [myshare]
> comment = root directory
> path = /
> #fake oplocks = yes
>     writable = yes
>     printable = no
>     create mask = 0765
> [audio]
> comment = audio directory
> path = /audio
>     writable = yes
>     printable = no
>     create mask = 0765
>   
> In windows, I access myshare using the root username and password, in
> audio I access using the user name covici and its password.  The audio
> share works fine, the myshare windows cannot access any subdirectory.  I
> either get the handle is invalid or a message saying I have permission
> problems.
>
> Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
>

Why are you trying to share your entire Unix computer ?

By sharing '/' you are giving your users access to the entire directory, 
do you really want to do this?

Rowland