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

[Rowland penny]

On 29/12/15 17:21, covici at ccs.covici.com wrote:
> Rowland penny <rpenny at samba.org> wrote:
>
>> 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.
>>
> I need to have windows access to some files, and for other reasons, I
> need samba to work properly, do you have any ideas?
>

It all depends just what the files are, you could use ssh and then scp 
them to the windows machines, but if you must use the gui, then set up a 
proper share on the fileserver and store the required files there. It is 
just not a good idea to open up your entire machine.

Rowland