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

[Rowland penny]

On 29/12/15 15:44, covici at ccs.covici.com wrote:
> 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.
>

Then install 'putty' and login via 'ssh', just don't do it via Samba.

Rowland