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

[covici at ccs.covici.com]

Rowland penny <rpenny at samba.org> wrote:

> 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?
> 

My users are just me, and sometimes I need to access from windows.

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         covici at ccs.covici.com