[ubuntu] Can't Write to CIFS share after upgrade to 9.10

[nexist]

My home network has a file server running Ubuntu server. I have my desktop attached to it via a SAMBA/CIFS share which just mounts my home directory on that system (obelisk) as a directory for my desktop. I could read/write to the dir with no problems. Both were running 9.04. I the desktop to 9.10 today and I find that I can no longer write to my home directory through the share. My work laptop, running Windows Vista, can connect and write to the share.

The relevant line in my fstab is:

# Samba share on obelisk
//10.11.93.2/nexist /home/nexist/obelisk cifs username=nexist,password=****,nounix,iocharset=utf8   0 0

Can anyone tell me what changed with the Samba/CIFS that would cause this behavior?

[cotillion2009]

Having the same problem. cifs-shares mounted via fstab or mount.cifs are always read-only.
When mounting through gnome.vfat read-write-access is possible.

Any suggestions?

[The_CableGuy]

I have the same problem with cifs share. Only read, no write.
The mount worked fine in 9.04.
Is this a bug?

[dmizer]

I've posted a fix for this in my howto (2nd link in my sig). It's listed under: KARMIC: Files owned by root / "The folder contents could not be displayed"

[nexist]

Originally Posted by dmizer I've posted a fix for this in my howto (2nd link in my sig). It's listed under: KARMIC: Files owned by root / "The folder contents could not be displayed"

This did not fix my problem. I still cannot access my Samba share (9.04) in rw mode from my Desktop (9.10).

[dmizer]

Originally Posted by nexist This did not fix my problem. I still cannot access my Samba share (9.04) in rw mode from my Desktop (9.10).

Okay, then try the fix labeled

Files owned by root / "The folder contents could not be displayed"

If that still does not work, please post your current /etc/fstab line, as well as the output of:

sudo iptables -L

[nexist]

Here is the fstab

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
proc            /proc           proc    defaults        0       0
# /dev/sda3
UUID=f736b56c-870a-45dd-8a2d-fc8cc8b220ed /               ext3    relatime,errors=remount-ro 0       1
# /dev/sda2
UUID=ba58f240-fec8-4f0d-be43-4efbbf169d88 none            swap    sw              0       0
/dev/scd0       /media/cdrom0   udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec,utf8 0       0
#
# Samba share on obelisk
//10.11.93.2/nexist /home/nexist/obelisk cifs username=nexist,password=******,nounix,iocharset=utf8,noserverino   0 0
#
# For USB access with Virtualbox
none	/proc/bus/usb	usbfs	devgid=126,devmode=664	0  0

and the output of sudo iptables -L

Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target     prot opt source               destination         

Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT)
target     prot opt source               destination         

Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target     prot opt source               destination

Thank you.

[cakper]

Try with this options added at the end:

,iocharset=utf8,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777 0 0

[dmizer]

You'll need to add the uid and gid options like so:


1) Find your uid and gid (normally both are 1000, but double check):

cat /etc/passwd | grep nexist

The output will look something like this (my uid and gid are marked in red):

$ cat /etc/passwd | grep dmizer
dmizer:x:1000:1000:dmizer,,,:/home/dmizer:/bin/bash

2) Add gid, uid, and nounix options to your fstab line like so:

 //10.11.93.2/nexist /home/nexist/obelisk       cifs    username=nexist,password=******,iocharset=utf8,gid=1000,uid=1000,nounix,noserverino,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777 0 0

[nexist]

That has fixed it. Thank you very much.