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Aravinda
Asked: 2015-03-21 10:32:58 +0800 CST

samba public share on ubuntu 14.10 not working no matter what i try

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I have a share folder in this location and im trying to share using samba (Version 4.1.11) in ubuntu 14.10 /media/aravinda/f6c682f3-5271-4f2b-99e8-93aa3bd39990/share

/media/aravinda/f6c682f3-5271-4f2b-99e8-93aa3bd39990/ is a mounted partition /dev/sda1 .. mounted as ext4 .. enter image description here

This is my share permissions for above folder..

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and samba configuration is as follows 

#======================= Global Settings =====================================
[global]

workgroup = REXXXXPSL

   hosts allow = 127. 172. 172.16.

   load printers = yes

   security = user
   map to guest = Bad User
   dns proxy = no

#============================ Share Definitions ==============================
[shaa]
    path = "/media/aravinda/f6c682f3-5271-4f2b-99e8-93aa3bd39990/share"
    force user = nobody
    force group = nogroup
    nt acl support = no
    browsable = yes
    guest ok = yes
    read only = no

I'm getting this error in the windows pc .. no matter what i google and try..

error is "you might not have permission to use this network resource. Contact the Administrator of this server to find out if you have access permissions. Access is denied. "

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net config workstation is as below..

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testparm results 

Load smb config files from /etc/samba/smb.conf
rlimit_max: increasing rlimit_max (1024) to minimum Windows limit (16384)
Processing section "[shaa]"
Loaded services file OK.
Server role: ROLE_STANDALONE
Press enter to see a dump of your service definitions

[global]
        workgroup = REXXXXPSL
        map to guest = Bad User
        dns proxy = No
        idmap config * : backend = tdb
        hosts allow = 127., 172., 172.16.

[shaa]
        path = "/media/aravinda/f6c682f3-5271-4f2b-99e8-93aa3bd39990/share"
        force user = nobody
        force group = nogroup
        read only = No
        create mask = 0755
        guest ok = Yes
        nt acl support = No

ps : my ubuntu pc ip is 172.16.30.110 and the network range is 172.16.0.0./16

Not sure where im doing silly, cannot figure out though i have spend lot more time checking configurations and similar threads in google.. Any help/tip would be greatly appreciated as im fully stuck in this no matter what i do ..

I have added login to my smb.conf file by adding 

log level = 3
log file = /var/log/samba/log.%p

max log size = 5000
debug timestamp = yes

then used tail -f log.%p | grep 172.16.100.190 (where 172.16.100.190 is the windows clent )

Below is the error output... 

Allowed connection from 172.16.100.190 (172.16.100.190)
com-dc01-hof (ipv4:172.16.100.190:1644) connect to service IPC$ initially as user nobody (uid=65534, gid=65534) (pid 6096)
com-dc01-hof (ipv4:172.16.100.190:1644) closed connection to service IPC$
process_local_master_announce: from COM-DC01-HOF<46> IP 172.16.100.190 to REXXXXPSL<1e> for server COM-DC01-HOF.
process_local_master_announce: from COM-DC01-HOF<46> IP 172.16.100.190 to REXXXXPSL<1e> for server COM-DC01-HOF.
check_for_master_browser_success: Local master browser for workgroup REXXXXPSL exists at IP 172.16.100.190 (just checking).
check_for_master_browser_success: Local master browser for workgroup REXXXXPSL exists at IP 172.16.100.190 (just checking).

iptables status..

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windows

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Just found a workaround.. Not sure what is the reason, yet by changing mounting point to a different location fix the issue.. instead of mounting /dev/sda1 to /media/aravinda/f6c682f3-5271-4f2b-99e8-93aa3bd39990/ location i have mounted it to a folder /testt under same user and group nobody:nogroup and 777 permission as it was.. now its working

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    if someone figure out the reason, please do comment or reply.. I just wonder why its like this!!!

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