Shared External USB Hard Drive: Browesable, but no write privileges

[albinootje]

And can you also this, just in case :

ls -la /media
chown -R grossinm /media/Storage

[grossinm]

Terminal output:

grossinm@millerserver:~$ id
uid=1000(grossinm) gid=1000(grossinm) groups=4(adm),20(dialout),24(cdrom),46(plugdev),11 2(lpadmin),120(admin),122(sambashare),1000(grossin m)
grossinm@millerserver:~$ mount
/dev/sda6 on / type ext3 (rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro)
tmpfs on /lib/init/rw type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,mode=0755)
/proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
varrun on /var/run type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,mode=0755)
varlock on /var/lock type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,mode=1777)
udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw,mode=0755)
tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,noexec,nosuid,gid=5,mode=620)
fusectl on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw)
lrm on /lib/modules/2.6.27-9-generic/volatile type tmpfs (rw,mode=755)
securityfs on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw)
/dev/sdb1 on /media/Storage type fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,default_permissions,b lksize=4096)
grossinm@millerserver:~$ ls -la /media
total 16
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 2009-01-05 16:05 .
drwxr-xr-x 20 root root 4096 2009-01-04 14:41 ..
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 6 2009-01-04 13:59 cdrom -> cdrom0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-01-04 13:59 cdrom0
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2009-01-05 16:03 .hal-mtab
-rw------- 1 root root 0 2009-01-05 10:18 .hal-mtab-lock
drwxrwxrwx 1 grossinm grossinm 4096 2009-01-05 10:56 Storage
grossinm@millerserver:~$ chown -R grossinm /media/Storage
grossinm@millerserver:~$

[grossinm]

Just to keep it all current, here is the current smb.conf:

[global]
panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d
workgroup = "miller"
netbios name = "millerserver"
invalid users = root
security = user
wins support = no
log file = /var/log/samba.log
log level = 3
max log size = 1000
syslog = 1
encrypt passwords = true
passdb backend = smbpasswd
socket options = TCP_NODELAY
dns proxy = no
passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
passwd chat =*enter\snew\sUNIX\spassword:* %n\n *Retype\snew\sUNIX\spassword:* %n\n .
obey pam restrictions = yes
pam password change = no
null passwords = no
guest account = nobody
create mask = 0644
directory mask = 0755


#Share Definitions

[homes]
comment = Home Directories
browseable = yes
writeable = yes
security mask = 0700
create mask = 0700

[Storage]
comment = ITunes
path = /media/Storage/
public = yes
guest ok = yes
writeable = yes
read only = No

[albinootje]

/dev/sdb1 on /media/Storage type fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,default_permissions,b lksize=4096)

Ok, I just tested with a NTFS partition on an usb stick, mounting with -o uid=1000 doesn't show that in the mount output.
Well. I don't see what it wouldn't work now, I'll test it with samba on my desktop soonish.

[albinootje]

I just tested it with a NTFS partition here on some usb-stick.

Mounted like this :
mount /dev/sdb1 /tmp/test -t ntfs-3g -o uid=1000,gid=1000,umask=000

test share section in /etc/samba/smb.conf :
[TEST]
comment = TEST
read only = No
writable = yes
# locking = no
path = /tmp/test
guest ok = yes

$ testparm
Load smb config files from /etc/samba/smb.conf
Processing section "[TEST]"
Loaded services file OK.
Server role: ROLE_STANDALONE
Press enter to see a dump of your service definitions

[global]
server string = %h server (Samba, Ubuntu)
map to guest = Bad User
obey pam restrictions = Yes
passdb backend = tdbsam
pam password change = Yes
passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
passwd chat = *Enter\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *Retype\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *password\supdated\ssuccessfully* .
unix password sync = Yes
syslog = 0
log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
max log size = 1000
dns proxy = No
usershare allow guests = Yes
panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d

[TEST]
comment = TEST
path = /tmp/test
read only = No
guest ok = Yes

Tried with my user which has uid 1000, and i could create a new directory.
Also anonymous access let me create a new directory.

[grossinm]

grossinm@millerserver:~$ sudo umount /dev/sdb1
grossinm@millerserver:~$ sudo mount /dev/sdb1 /media/Storage -t ntfs-3g -o uid=1000,gid=1000,umask=000
grossinm@millerserver:~$ sudo nano smb.conf
grossinm@millerserver:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/samba restart
* Stopping Samba daemons [ OK ]
* Starting Samba daemons [ OK ]
grossinm@millerserver:~$ testparm
Load smb config files from /etc/samba/smb.conf
Processing section "[printers]"
Processing section "[print$]"
Processing section "[grossinm]"
Processing section "[Storage]"
Loaded services file OK.
Server role: ROLE_STANDALONE
Press enter to see a dump of your service definitions

[global]
workgroup = MILLER
server string = %h server (Samba, Ubuntu)
map to guest = Bad User
obey pam restrictions = Yes
passdb backend = tdbsam
pam password change = Yes
passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
passwd chat = *Enter\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *Retype\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *password\supdated\ssuccessfully* .
unix password sync = Yes
syslog = 0
log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
max log size = 1000
dns proxy = No
usershare allow guests = Yes
panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d

[printers]
comment = All Printers
path = /var/spool/samba
create mask = 0700
printable = Yes
browseable = No

[print$]
comment = Printer Drivers
path = /var/lib/samba/printers

[grossinm]
path = /home/grossinm
read only = No
guest ok = Yes

[Storage]
path = /media/Storage
guest ok = Yes
grossinm@millerserver:~$ smbclient //localhost/Storage/
Enter grossinm's password:
Domain=[MILLERSERVER] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.2.3]
smb: \> ls
. D 0 Mon Jan 5 10:56:30 2009
.. D 0 Mon Jan 5 16:05:28 2009
System Volume Information D 0 Mon Jan 5 10:56:30 2009

59616 blocks of size 16777216. 59610 blocks available
smb: \> mkdir test
NT_STATUS_MEDIA_WRITE_PROTECTED making remote directory \test
smb: \>

So close. The permissions for the Storage share are still w/ Grossinm. The permissions for the media section are still w/ Root though...

Also, found this bug report https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...ux/+bug/224317

[grossinm]

Rightly or wrongly, I am reformatting the drive to Ext3 and will see if that makes any difference....

[grossinm]

No change, and now the permissions are set back to Root on Storage...

[albinootje]

No change, and now the permissions are set back to Root on Storage...

With ext3 it should be much easier.
Then you can properly set the permissions permanently without any extra mount options.

[grossinm]

Well, it is ready to mount, but after trying last night to figure out the appropriate mount command, I have not had any luck. Should I just sudo mount /dev/sdb1 /media/Storage ?