[Samba] Unable to write to share having same name as directory?

[Rowland Penny]

On Fri, 10 Nov 2023 09:26:00 -0500
John Klimek <jklimek at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks for the reply ...
> 
> However, if I simply change the name from [console] to anything else
> (ie. [testing] or [consoleS]) then it works perfectly.
> 
> The user definitely has permission which I've verified through SSH
> (and the fact that changing the share nme also works).
> 

I have used shares with the same name as the directory, so it should
work. Have you tried running 'testparm -s' to check if there is
anything wrong with your smb.conf ?
Could there be a usershare with the same name ?

Rowland

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