Hi All,

Google is killing me here!

Scientific Linux 7.2, 64 bit

$ rpm -qa samba
samba-4.2.3-11.el7_2.x86_64

Is there some trick to mounting an NTFS USB flash drive and
sharing it with Samba?

I am trying to share an NTFS flash drive with samba.
If the drive is not mounted, I can do what I want
from Windows 7 and XP on the mount point.  I have
full access.

But, when I mount the stick to the mount point and
try to browse the mount with W7 or XP, I get "permission
denied".  Specifically, from the W7 machines samba log:

       ../source3/smbd/uid.c:384(change_to_user)
       Skipping user change - already user

       ../source3/smbd/open.c:881(open_file)
       Error opening file . (NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED)
       (local_flags=0) (flags=0)

I mount suchlike:

# mount -t ntfs -rw -o 
users,exec,sync,uid=todd,gid=users,fmask=000,dmask=000 /dev/sdc1 /mnt/iso

(I know I don't need the masks, but I left them there in case
they were needed)

After mounting:
# ls -al /mnt/iso

total 1193
drwxrwxrwx.  1 todd users   4096 Mar  3 23:30 .
drwxr-xr-x. 13 todd users   4096 Mar  3 21:47 ..
-rwxrwxrwx.  1 todd users    122 Apr 12  2011 autorun.inf
drwxrwxrwx.  1 todd users   4096 Apr 12  2011 boot
-rwxrwxrwx.  1 todd users 383786 Apr 12  2011 bootmgr
-rwxrwxrwx.  1 todd users 669568 Apr 12  2011 bootmgr.efi
drwxrwxrwx.  1 todd users      0 Apr 12  2011 efi
-rwxrwxrwx.  1 todd users 106768 Apr 12  2011 setup.exe
drwxrwxrwx.  1 todd users  40960 Apr 12  2011 sources
drwxrwxrwx.  1 todd users      0 Apr 12  2011 support
drwxrwxrwx.  1 todd users      0 Apr 12  2011 upgrade

My smb.conf:

[iso]
	comment = mnt on rn1 -- Mount as M:
	path = /mnt/iso
	valid users = @users
	write list = @users
	force group = users
	force user = todd
	oplocks = no
	level2 oplocks = no
	strict locking = no
	blocking locks = no
	force create mode = 0000
	create mode = 0777
	force directory mode = 0000
	directory mode = 0777
	map system = yes
	map hidden = yes
	writable = yes

Trying simpler:
	[iso]
	comment = mnt on rn1 -- Mount as M:
	path = /mnt/iso
	force group = users
	force user = todd
Doesn't work either

What am I doing wrong?

Many thanks,
-T


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