[Samba] samba and ntfs flash drives ???

[ToddAndMargo]

Hi All,

Google is killing me here!

Scientific Linux 7.2, 64 bit

$ rpm -qa samba
samba-4.2.3-11.el7_2.x86_64

Is there some trick to mounting an NTFS USB flash drive and
sharing it with Samba?

I am trying to share an NTFS flash drive with samba.
If the drive is not mounted, I can do what I want
from Windows 7 and XP on the mount point. I have
full access.

But, when I mount the stick to the mount point and
try to browse the mount with W7 or XP, I get "permission
denied". Specifically, from the W7 machines samba log:

       ../source3/smbd/uid.c:384(change_to_user)
       Skipping user change - already user

       ../source3/smbd/open.c:881(open_file)
       Error opening file . (NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED)
       (local_flags=0) (flags=0)

I mount suchlike:

# mount -t ntfs -rw -o 
users,exec,sync,uid=todd,gid=users,fmask=000,dmask=000 /dev/sdc1 /mnt/iso

(I know I don't need the masks, but I left them there in case
they were needed)

After mounting:
# ls -al /mnt/iso

total 1193
drwxrwxrwx. 1 todd users 4096 Mar 3 23:30 .
drwxr-xr-x. 13 todd users 4096 Mar 3 21:47 ..
-rwxrwxrwx. 1 todd users 122 Apr 12 2011 autorun.inf
drwxrwxrwx. 1 todd users 4096 Apr 12 2011 boot
-rwxrwxrwx. 1 todd users 383786 Apr 12 2011 bootmgr
-rwxrwxrwx. 1 todd users 669568 Apr 12 2011 bootmgr.efi
drwxrwxrwx. 1 todd users 0 Apr 12 2011 efi
-rwxrwxrwx. 1 todd users 106768 Apr 12 2011 setup.exe
drwxrwxrwx. 1 todd users 40960 Apr 12 2011 sources
drwxrwxrwx. 1 todd users 0 Apr 12 2011 support
drwxrwxrwx. 1 todd users 0 Apr 12 2011 upgrade

My smb.conf:

[iso]
comment = mnt on rn1 -- Mount as M:
path = /mnt/iso
valid users = @users
write list = @users
force group = users
force user = todd
oplocks = no
level2 oplocks = no
strict locking = no
blocking locks = no
force create mode = 0000
create mode = 0777
force directory mode = 0000
directory mode = 0777
map system = yes
map hidden = yes
writable = yes

Trying simpler:

[iso]
comment = mnt on rn1 -- Mount as M:
path = /mnt/iso
force group = users
force user = todd

Doesn't work either

What am I doing wrong?

Many thanks,
-T


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