[ubuntu] [SOLVED] 1 Samba share, 2 different user privileges

[mgmiller]

You're welcome.

Is user "xbox" able to work with any shares on your server? Try setting up a new folder that is only shared by xbox and see if he can access it. If so, look closely at smb.conf for a clue as to why xbox can see one folder, but not another. If you can't get any shares working for xbox, it's probably a system wide permissions thing, perhaps, xbox not being in the right groups.
I only wish I could figure out what your problem is. Beyond this, I'm stumped.

If I think of something else, I will post back here.

If you do figure it out, please post here so I can see the solution also.

[BassKozz]

Just an update:
I've renamed the /Media/ directory to /media/ (thinking the cap "M" might have been the culprit), nope still broken
I've "sudo chown 777" my folder that is being shared, didn't fix it
I created a completely new folder and setup a new share (named "Xbox"), and still Broken
I also have been reviewing my /var/log/samba folder and I've narrowed down the exact error message:

[2008/12/08 23:58:24,  0] smbd/service.c:make_connection_snum(1152)
  '/media/RAID-storage/media' does not exist or permission denied when connecting to [Xbox] Error was Permission denied

After doing a google search for "smbd/service.c:make_connection_snum(1152)" it looks like quite a few people have had similar issues, but I have yet to find a definitive solution...
I'll post back when I learn more.
Thanks Again

Edit, another Update:
I learned how to login to smb shares via the command line (so I am not using Nautilus any more to try and access them, to rule out Nautilus as the culprit) here are the results:

basskozz@Unicorn-NAS:/var/log/samba$ smbclient //Unicorn-NAS/RAID-Storage_Media/
Enter basskozz's password: 
Domain=[UNICORN-NAS] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.2.3]
smb: \> ls
  .                                   D        0  Sun Dec  7 16:23:43 2008
  ..                                  D        0  Mon Dec  8 23:47:50 2008
  Test                                A        0  Sun Dec  7 16:20:12 2008
  14 - I Wish You Well.mp3            A 11021582  Sun Dec  7 16:23:44 2008

		58682 blocks of size 8388608. 55674 blocks available
smb: \> exit
basskozz@Unicorn-NAS:/var/log/samba$ smbclient //Unicorn-NAS/Xbox/
Enter basskozz's password: 
Domain=[UNICORN-NAS] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.2.3]
tree connect failed: NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED
basskozz@Unicorn-NAS:/var/log/samba$ smbclient //Unicorn-NAS/Xbox/ -U xbox
Enter xbox's password: 
Domain=[UNICORN-NAS] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.2.3]
tree connect failed: NT_STATUS_BAD_NETWORK_NAME
basskozz@Unicorn-NAS:/var/log/samba$

On the first login above I logged into my working share that uses my login.
On the second login I tried to login to the 'xbox' share using my main login account which didn't work ***AS EXPECTED*** because 'basskozz' is not a valid user for that share
On the third login I tried to login to the "Xbox" share using user 'xbox', still not working but now I have a new error to look into: NT_STATUS_BAD_NETWORK_NAME

[BassKozz]

SOLUTION FOUND !!!
FINALLY !!!

I must give credit to this post: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...92#post3189392

Had the same problem ... spent the better part of a day trying to work through it. For me, the error message set me up for failure by leading me down the wrong path looking for a solution. The real underlying problem was directory permissions two directories above in the path. Be sure the entire path has at least golbal 'read' permissions set!

The problem was that the perant directory /media/RAID-storage had it's "others" folder access set to "none"

I am up and running now, THANK GOD that's over.
I am so excited right now, Thanks for all the help mgmiller

[mgmiller]

Hooray! The solution actually makes sense.

This is a valuable lesson, the whole path has to have the correct permissions, not just the target folder.

Glad it's finally working.....