share usb drive (ntfs) via samba

[Maistro_44]

Hi guys. I finally have my ubuntu up and running.

I have a USB-drive which is often connected to my ubuntu-machine. I want to share this via Samba but I can't set the user-rights. If I try to acces the file (via windows machine) I can see the directory but if I open it it gives me: \\Computer\media\directory is not accesible. You might not have permission to use this network resource.

I tried setting the rights but it just 'changes back immediately'. I found some posts about not being able to set rights via ubuntu on a ntfs disk.

If I mount it via fstab it will give an error when the USB-drive is not connected. So that's no option.

Is there a way to share this drive via my Samba server?
Oh, by the way. I did get acces to a partition on my linux-machine, to I assume my samba-settings are correct.
Please help this ubuntu-newbie.

[Morbius1]

The external ntfs drive will mount with you as owner and with permissions for only you to access it. To fix that make the remote user look like you:

Add the following line to your smb.conf file:

force user = your-user-name

Where you put that line depends on what method of samba sharing you used. If you used usershare ( from Nautilus ) then put it in the [global] section. If you used the classical method then add it to the share definition itself within smb.conf.

[Maistro_44]

Morbius1 your great. That did it!
I've been trying and trying for days.
Thanks a lot.

[lux201]

The external ntfs drive will mount with you as owner and with permissions for only you to access it. To fix that make the remote user look like you:

Add the following line to your smb.conf file:

force user = your-user-name

Where you put that line depends on what method of samba sharing you used. If you used usershare ( from Nautilus ) then put it in the [global] section. If you used the classical method then add it to the share definition itself within smb.conf.

Thankyou!
after many hours trying to resolve this, finally!! this worked.

I found this is only necessary when sharing content on ntfs volumes (ie. windows drives)

[pkerr]

So fact that the NTFS file system is on a USB device makes a difference. I have been puzzled about this for a day.

Thank you

[apochry]

The external ntfs drive will mount with you as owner and with permissions for only you to access it. To fix that make the remote user look like you:

Add the following line to your smb.conf file:

force user = your-user-name

Where you put that line depends on what method of samba sharing you used. If you used usershare ( from Nautilus ) then put it in the [global] section. If you used the classical method then add it to the share definition itself within smb.conf.

Thanks, you are the MAN!

[hum4nb31ng]

Thank you

[learning99]

Thanks!

Worked perfectly. I also struggled for two days....but learned a lot.

[bioShark]

The external ntfs drive will mount with you as owner and with permissions for only you to access it. To fix that make the remote user look like you:

Add the following line to your smb.conf file:

force user = your-user-name

Where you put that line depends on what method of samba sharing you used. If you used usershare ( from Nautilus ) then put it in the [global] section. If you used the classical method then add it to the share definition itself within smb.conf.

Thanks. I think you already know that you helped a lot of users out there, but I am sure you still like to hear from them...so, again:

Thanks a lot!

[CannibalCat]

Forgive me for being a complete moron when it comes to ubuntu, but I can't seem to edit the smb.conf file by opening it via the file menu.

Can anyone offer me step by step instructions on how to do allow other computers on my network to share my USB NTFS drives? I'm using Ubuntu 11.04 (classic desktop).