[Samba] Permission Denied

Thomas Rieff trieff at greencaremankato.com
Fri Sep 10 12:17:45 UTC 2021


Samba Gurus, 
Have Ubuntu 20.04 and a standalone Samba setup on a new server... 
Getting the following error message from Windows 10 machine... 
"Destination Folder Access Denied" 
"You need permission to perform this action" 
Confused as this has always been easy to configure??? 
Here is my smb.conf... 

[global] 

## Browsing/Identification ### 

workgroup = CSL 

server string = %h server (Samba, Ubuntu) 

wins support = yes 

dns proxy = no 

#### Networking #### 

#### Debugging/Accounting #### 

log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m 

max log size = 1000 

syslog = 0 

panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d 


####### Authentication ####### 

server role = standalone server 

passdb backend = tdbsam 

unix password sync = yes 

passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u 
passwd chat = *Enter\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *Retype\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *password\supdated\ssuccessfully* . 

pam password change = yes 

map to guest = bad user 

########## Domains ########### 


############ Misc ############ 

usershare allow guests = yes 

#======================= Share Definitions ======================= 

[printers] 
comment = All Printers 
browseable = no 
path = /var/spool/samba 
printable = yes 
guest ok = no 
read only = yes 
create mask = 0700 

[print$] 
comment = Printer Drivers 
path = /var/lib/samba/printers 
browseable = yes 
read only = yes 
guest ok = no 


[gc11data1] 
comment = GreenCare Data Files 
path = /media/gc11data1 
valid users = @gc11data1 
force group = gc11data1 
create mask = 0775 
directory mask = 0775 
writable = yes 
browseable = yes 

[gc11data2] 
comment = GreenCare Data Files 
path = /media/gc11data2 
valid users = @gc11data2 
force group = gc11data2 
create mask = 0775 
directory mask = 0775 
writable = yes 
browseable = yes 

[gc] 
comment = GreenCare Data Files 
path = /media/gc11data2/gc 
valid users = @gc 
force group = gc 
create mask = 0775 
directory mask = 0775 
writable = yes 
browseable = yes 
veto oplock files = /*.fxp/*.prg/*.dcx/*.dbf/*.cdx/*.fpt/*.dbc/*.dct/*.sct/*.scx/ 

[tmr] 
comment = TMR Data Files 
path = /media/gc11data2/tmr 
valid users = @tmr 
force group = tmr 
create mask = 0775 
directory mask = 0775 
writable = yes 
browseable = yes 


Thomas Rieff 
Green Care 
1717 3rd Avenue 
Mankato, MN 56001 


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