Samba problems

[Alejandro Pulver]

On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 20:37:51 +0100
Fabian Keil <freebsd-listen at fabiankeil.de> wrote:

> Alejandro Pulver <alejandro at varnet.biz> wrote:
> 
> > I am using FreeBSD 5.3 with Samba 3.0.7,1.
> > 
> > I can read all files from a Windows 2000 Pro. But when
> > I try to access a mount point that is an NTFS filesystem, I have no
> > read permission (files and directories appear as zero length files)
> > until I access them from the server machine (like doing an 'ls').
> > 
> > My configuration file is as follows:
> > 
> > ===== BEGIN =====
> > # Samba config file created using SWAT
> > # from 127.0.0.1 (127.0.0.1)
> > # Date: 2004/12/11 19:24:02
> > 
> > # Global parameters
> > [global]
> > 	workgroup = VARNET
> > 	server string = FreeBSD 5.3
> > 	security = SHARE
> > 	log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
> > 	max log size = 50
> > 	dns proxy = No
> > 
> > [mnt]
> > 	comment = Mounted Filesystems
> > 	path = /mnt
> > 	guest ok = Yes
> > 
> > [printers]
> > 	comment = All Printers
> > 	path = /var/spool/samba
> > 	printable = Yes
> > 	browseable = No
> > 
> > [ale]
> > 	comment = Ale's Home DIrectory
> > 	path = /home/ale
> > 	guest ok = Yes
> > ===== END =======
> > 
> > Note: I have subdirectories under '/mnt' like 'w2k', 'wxp', 'cam',
> > and'tmp'.
> > 
> > What am I doing wrong?
> 
> Who owns the subdirectories and who is your guest user?
> 
> I'm using samba version 3.0.11 and can't reproduce the described
> behavior.
> 
> My smb.conf is:
> 
> [global]
> 
>    workgroup = W62
>    netbios name = TP51
>    server string = Samba Server auf Laptop
>    security = user
>    encrypt passwords = yes
>    log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
>    max log size = 50
>    socket options = TCP_NODELAY
>    wins support = yes
>    dns proxy = no 
> 
> [fk]
>    comment = No place like home
>    path = /home/fk
>    valid users = fk
>    public = no
>    writable = yes
>    printable = no
> 
> [mnt]
>    comment = Quick test
>    path = /mnt
>    valid users = fk
>    public = no
>    writable = yes
>    printable = no
> 
> fk at r51 /mnt $ls -l
> total 8
> drwxr-xr-x  1 fk  wheel     0 Apr 22  2009 ad0s1
> drwxr-xr-x  1 fk  wheel  4096 Jan  1  1980 ad0s2
> drwxr-xr-x  5 fk  wheel   512 Mar 25 19:14 datenspeicher
> drwxr-xr-x  2 fk  wheel   512 Mar 26 19:03 test
> 
> ad0s1 is ntfs, ad0s2 is fat32. Both can be used without any problems.
> 
> I just noticed the strange dates. If I unmount ad0s1 and ad0s2,
> the dates make more sense.
> 
> fk at r51 /mnt #ls -l
> total 8
> drwxr-xr-x  2 fk  wheel  512 Mar 26 18:58 ad0s1
> drwxr-xr-x  2 fk  wheel  512 Mar 26 15:03 ad0s2
> drwxr-xr-x  5 fk  wheel  512 Mar 25 19:14 datenspeicher
> drwxr-xr-x  2 fk  wheel  512 Mar 26 19:03 test
> 
> Interesting. I'm using FreeBSD 5.4-PRERELEASE #2: Fri Mar 25 17:53:21
> CET 2005.
> 
> Fabian
> -- 
> http://www.fabiankeil.de

Hello,

Thank you for your reply.

My guest user is 'nobody', but I also tried with 'ale' and 'root' (wich
owns the mount point).

The directory '/mnt/w2k' is owned by 'root' and the group 'wheel', the
permissions are rwxr-xr-x.

Y have the same strange dates.

Thanks and Best Regards,
Ale