On 4 March 2016 09:45:38 CET, ToddAndMargo <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>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


# grep denied /var/log/audit/audit.log

If you see something which looks related, pipe them to audit2allow and see what it suggests. Ofen you may get som hints that you need to flip a selinux boolean.


--
kind regards,

David Sommerseth