[Samba] Unable to write to a share that I should have access to

[Patrick Goetz]

On 3/7/22 13:21, Rob Campbell via samba wrote:
> Following
> https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwiki.samba.org%2Findex.php%2FSetting_up_a_Share_Using_POSIX_ACLs%23Setting_Standard_UNIX_ACLs&data=04%7C01%7C%7C669af0e754c843d7516d08da006fc9d4%7C31d7e2a5bdd8414e9e97bea998ebdfe1%7C0%7C0%7C637822777375468687%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=hj4tbwZ8u%2BffgWXEwGyykmzxbHT%2B2Z6fxzc1B6MsUsg%3D&reserved=0
> 
> # chmod 2770 /srv/samba/Demo/
> # chown root:"Domain Users" /srv/samba/Demo/
> 
> When I try this, I get an error message
> $ chown testuser:"Media Users" TV_Shows/
> chown: invalid user: ‘testuser:Media Users’
>

First of all, you can't use chown as an ordinary user.  Only root can do 
this.  Second, I'm pretty sure your syntax is wrong?  Try this (as root):

    # chown testuser:"Media Users" TV_Shows



> samba-tool user show testuser
> dn: CN=Test User,CN=Users,DC=home,DC=test-server,DC=lan
> ...
> memberOf: CN=Backup,CN=Users,DC=home,DC=test-server,DC=lan
> memberOf: CN=Photo Users,CN=Users,DC=home,DC=test-server,DC=lan
> memberOf: CN=Multimedia Users,CN=Users,DC=home,DC=test-server,DC=lan
> memberOf: CN=Media Users,CN=Users,DC=home,DC=test-server,DC=lan
> memberOf: CN=Video Users,CN=Users,DC=home,DC=test-server,DC=lan
> memberOf: CN=Music Users,CN=Users,DC=home,DC=test-server,DC=lan
> memberOf: CN=Movie Users,CN=Users,DC=home,DC=test-server,DC=lan
> 
> 
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> In all things, Be Intentional.
> 
> 
> On Mon, Mar 7, 2022 at 12:00 PM Rob Campbell <robcampbell08105 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> Selinux is definitely turned off and I have no idea what apparmor is but
>> it is not installed.
>>
>> I've tried adding the samba group gid to the directory that is being
>> shared but that also did not help.  Still only read only access.
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> In all things, Be Intentional.
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 7, 2022 at 11:27 AM Rowland Penny via samba <
>> samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, 2022-03-07 at 09:04 -0500, Rob Campbell via samba wrote:
>>>> Correct.  Creating local users on each device is not an option.
>>>>
>>>> But even my internal drives aren't writable as a share.
>>>
>>> Is Selinux or Apparmor in use ?
>>>
>>> Rowland
>>>
>>>
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