Configuring Samba

[90Ninety]

If you had done the steps then this line is in fstab:
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UUID=2006fbe6-1993-4c74-b7d5-80197cafbdb0 /media/Data ext4 defaults,noatime 0 2

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And this is your share definition in /etc/samba/smb.conf:
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[share]
comment = Big Drive
path = /media/Data
read only = No
create mask = 0755
guest ok = Yes

[1]

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You have either run the "sudo mount -a" and "sudo service smbd restart " commands or in your case rebooted the box.

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There should be no /media/joe/1.2TB it's now /media/Data - See above. You either didn't do the steps above, didn't restart the services, or didn't reboot your box.

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Whether or not you or the samba client guest can actually write to the mounted partition is entirely dependant of what the Linux permissions are on the mounted partition. You can find that out by running the following command:
Code:
ls -dl /media/Data

After entering the above code into terminal , I get the following output :
drwxr-xr-x 3 joe root 4096 Jan 16 23:18 /media/Data

Which means nothing to me unfortunately , apart from that I am the owner

The screenshot shows you trying to share the partition using the sharing tab - you no longer have to do that it's already shared in smb.conf.

This is odd , it seems the GUI doesn’t talk to samba , as the GUI simply doesn't allow me to change the permissions. More importantly however I am the owner

[90Ninety]

Morbius - Thanks very much

I am now able to network my Windows pc to my ubuntu pc , now I just need to get around the permissions issue , I can share my files and folders but cannot create folders or manipulate my ubuntu server from my windows PC . Ideally i'd like to save my ******* stuff onto my Ubuntu PC . However I get a permissions issue , which I do not mind entirely , however I cannot get past it as Im not even prompted for samba or Ubuntu security details

How can I allow the Windows users to write and change folders on Ubuntu file server/desktop ? I would like users to use a password when doing so , for security measures


Thanks

[Morbius1]

This is your share definition:

[share]
comment = Big Drive
path = /media/Data
read only = No
create mask = 0755
guest ok = Yes

These are the permissions:

drwxr-xr-x 3 joe root 4096 Jan 16 23:18 /media/Data

The last 3 characters ( r-x ) tell you what others ( which corresponds to a samba guest ) can do. They can read ( r ) and open the folder ( x ) but they cannot write ( - ).

You have 2 options:

[1] Change permissions on the target folder to allow others to write:

chmod 777 /media/Data

[2] Change the share to make everyone on the network appear to be you - for that share anyway. This solves a number of permissions issues since all saved files will be owned by "joe":

[share]
comment = Big Drive
path = /media/Data
read only = No
force user = joe
guest ok = Yes

Again, unfortunately every change to smb.conf requires a samba restart so your network will have a fit for a few minutes until you are able to connect again so be patient:

sudo service smbd restart

[90Ninety]

I'm back , I eventually got the connection working, had been using it for allmost two months . However today for whatever reason I am unable to connect to my Ubuntu Desktop/Fileserver machine Any ideas?