Mike Adolf wrote: > I think I have samba set up correctly to share a linux folder within a > windows WORKGROUP of PCs. The problem is selinux keeps denying access to > the share and tells me that I can fix the problem using > > chcon -R -t samba_share_t 'myshare path' > > HOWEVER, when I try it, I get the following error for each file in the > folder. > > chcon: failed to change context of `some file name' to > `system_u:object_r:samba_share_t:s0': Operation not supported. > > Google turned up others having this problem back in 2007. Some just gave > up and disabled selinux. I don't want to do that. Could the problem be > due to the ntfs file system on the shared folder? If I change it to ext > how does windows use it? > > Mike > > > > Yes, the problem is the ntfs - it does not support SELinux attributes. You can fix the problem by add the context=system_u:object_r:samba_share_t:s0 option to the fstab entry used to mount the ntfs partition. When using Samba to share out files, it does not matter what file system the server is using - it looks like a Windows share to the computer accessing it. All my Samba shares are on ext3 file systems here. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
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