On 01/08/2014 04:22 AM, Martti Kühne wrote: > On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 4:20 AM, David C. Rankin > <drankinatty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > [...] >> >> So this is starting to look more like a smb problem after all. Got any other >> thoughts? > > > comparing with the config you posted and [0], why not take the error > message literally? > > cheers! > mar77i > > [0] http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/using_samba/ch09.html#samba2-CHP-9-SECT-2 > Well, I see what you are saying, but that does not explain why mounting a '/' share suddenly starts to fail upon upgrade to samba 4.1.3. The error itself suggests a permissions problem: mount error(13): Permission denied Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g. man mount.cifs) However, that was precisely what the 'admin users' option was designed to provide: admin users = david From the link above: <quote> admin users This option specifies a list of users that perform file operations as if they were root. This means that they can modify or destroy any other user's files, regardless of the permissions. Any files that they create will have root ownership and will use the default group of the admin user. The admin users option allows PC users to act as administrators for particular shares. Be very careful when using this option, and make sure good password and other security policies are in place. </quote> And for all versions of samba from 1.8.x through 3.6.7, that is exactly what the 'admin users' option allowed. Testing the default config in 4.1.3 (testparm -v), 'invalid users' is unset: invalid users = valid users = admin users = david So there should be no prohibition to mounting the config share. *********************** HOLY CR...... ************************ I have tested the share incrementally trying without the 'force user' and then 'force group' but I had never removed both at the same time. I just tested that and BINGO! it works. Thank you Martti! The link did not mention the prohibition, but it did prompt the additional information that solved this! [22:34 providence:/home/david] # mount.cifs //phoinix/config /mnt/phx-cfg/ -v -o username=david,uid=1000,credentials=/home/david/.dcr/mountcfile mount.cifs kernel mount options: ip=192.168.7.16,unc=\\phoinix\config,uid=1000,user=david,pass=******** [22:34 providence:/home/david] # l /mnt/phx-cfg total 8 <snip> drwxr-xr-x 4 david root 0 Dec 26 13:02 boot drwxr-xr-x 58 david david 0 Jan 2 23:51 dat_e drwxr-xr-x 11 david david 0 Aug 23 2012 dat_f drwxr-xr-x 17 david root 0 Dec 26 13:05 dev drwxr-xr-x 71 david root 0 Jan 10 21:01 etc drwxr-xr-x 14 david root 0 Dec 9 12:17 home <snip> [22:34 providence:/home/david] # mount //phoinix/config on /mnt/phx-cfg type cifs (rw,relatime,vers=1.0,sec=ntlm,cache=loose,unc=\\phoinix\config,username=david,uid=1000,forceuid,gid=0,noforcegid,addr=192.168.7.16,unix,posixpaths,serverino,acl,rsize=1048576,wsize=65536,actimeo=1) It works -- this one is done... -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.
