On Tue, 2009-07-07 at 17:17 -0500, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > 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 > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines Mikkel, Thanks, I give it a try. Mike -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
