Re: Samba Connecting, cannot transfer files

[James Dugger]

One other thing to note, unless it has changed (recently) Samba has no
control over unix permissions that are more stringent.  For example if you
have a directory with the following unix permissions 444, and then try to
apply a share permission in samba of 777 on that folder you will get a
permission denied error.  Samba cannot override unix permissions.  It will
work the the other way around if the unix permission is 777 and the samba
share permissions are 444 anyone accessing the file through the share will
be restricted.  My preference is to set the chmod permissions in unix and
then control access by a specified group name. That we I am only
controlling RWX values in one location.

On Sun, Jul 26, 2015 at 7:01 PM, James Dugger 
wrote:

> I set up my own share declaration at the end of the smb.conf file.  For
> example I have a simple one called [archive] that allows backups to be
> placed on a server running Ubuntu 15.04 server edition.
>
> I create the samba users and passwords for each user (these match their
> unix user accounts)
> I set the appropriate unix permissions for the group that I want typically
> 775.
> I create a group called "archive" in  /etc/group and then add all of the
> users who are to have access to it into the archive group.
> the valid users = @group_name is the key that allows samba to control the
> access to samba share.
>
> The key is add the the users to the group in /etc/group and to make sure
> that they have a mapped samba username and password.
>
> [archive]
>  comment = backup drive
>  path = /srv/archive
>  browseable = yes
>  guest ok = no
>  valid users = @archive
>
> There are other options but I usually find that the I forget to update the
> /etc/group file.
>
> Hope that helps
>
> On Sun, Jul 26, 2015 at 11:33 AM, Keith Smith 
> wrote:
>
>>
>> Thanks for the link.
>>
>> My smbpasswd is in /usr/bin/smbpasswd
>>
>> Just to make sure I : touch /etc/samba/smbpasswd
>>
>> then I :
>> smbpasswd -x username
>> smbpasswd -a username
>>
>> still same issue.
>>
>> Remove /etc/samba/smbpasswd
>>
>> I've created several directories off of /work/ on the samba server using
>> the Samba server's command line.  Using Dolphin on my desktop I can add
>> directories to /work/ - they have correct permissions and ownership.
>> However I get a permissions dialog when adding files to /work/
>>
>> If I try to add a file to one of those directories I created using
>> Dolphin on my desktop there is no error and no file shows up.
>>
>>
>> Thank you for your help!!
>> Keith
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 2015-07-26 10:28, Stephen Partington wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-newbie-8/samba-smbpasswd-file-missing-750367/
>>> [3]
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Jul 26, 2015 at 10:22 AM, Keith Smith
>>>  wrote:
>>>
>>>  Thanks!! I added the Samba user as one of the first steps. My
 smb.config shows "passdb backend = tdbsam". I cannot find the
 tdbsam file. What am I missing?

 On 2015-07-26 09:56, Todd Millecam wrote:

 If I remember right, samba doesn't follow regular *nix permissions.
 Try running the command:
 smbadduser

 to get your user name and password in. Use those credentials when
 you
 login to transfer files and see if it works.

 On Sun, Jul 26, 2015 at 10:18 AM, Keith Smith
  wrote:

 Hi,

 I am running Mint 17 KDE. I've uploaded Virtualbox and created a
 vm using CentOS 6.6. On the CentOS 6.6 VM I installed Samba.

 I created a user on the VM and created the same user as a Samba
 user.
 I created a directory off root : /work
 smb and nmb are both running.
 in the /etc/samba/smb.conf I:
 1) set the workgroup - I do not think this is necessary since I am
 connection from Linux.
 2) commented out all the cups references
 3) added the following lines:

 - path = /work
 - writable = yes
 - browseable = yes
 - read only = no

 SELinux is disables
 IPTables is disabled

 I have the exact same config on a laptop running CentOS 6.6 and it
 works fine. Only difference is the laptop mounts and connects to
 Samba from the fstab.

 To connect to the Samba share on the VM I issue the following
 command from my desktop's command line:

 sudo mount -t cifs -o user='username' //192.168.20.51/work/ [1] [1]


 /mnt/centos6 (command line on my desktop)

 It mounts and I can view the /work directory in Dolphin on the the
 parent (mint 17 KDE desktop).

 I cannot upload files though.

 To test I : chmod -R 777 /work which did not help.

 I checked the Samba logs and they contain almost nothing - no
 errors are being logged.

 I've scoured the internet and am finding no solution.

 Tied:

 create mask = 0755
 create mode = 0660
 directory mode = 0770
 force create mode = 0660
 force directory m

Re: Samba Connecting, cannot transfer files

[James Dugger]

I set up my own share declaration at the end of the smb.conf file.  For
example I have a simple one called [archive] that allows backups to be
placed on a server running Ubuntu 15.04 server edition.

I create the samba users and passwords for each user (these match their
unix user accounts)
I set the appropriate unix permissions for the group that I want typically
775.
I create a group called "archive" in  /etc/group and then add all of the
users who are to have access to it into the archive group.
the valid users = @group_name is the key that allows samba to control the
access to samba share.

The key is add the the users to the group in /etc/group and to make sure
that they have a mapped samba username and password.

[archive]
 comment = backup drive
 path = /srv/archive
 browseable = yes
 guest ok = no
 valid users = @archive

There are other options but I usually find that the I forget to update the
/etc/group file.

Hope that helps

On Sun, Jul 26, 2015 at 11:33 AM, Keith Smith 
wrote:

>
> Thanks for the link.
>
> My smbpasswd is in /usr/bin/smbpasswd
>
> Just to make sure I : touch /etc/samba/smbpasswd
>
> then I :
> smbpasswd -x username
> smbpasswd -a username
>
> still same issue.
>
> Remove /etc/samba/smbpasswd
>
> I've created several directories off of /work/ on the samba server using
> the Samba server's command line.  Using Dolphin on my desktop I can add
> directories to /work/ - they have correct permissions and ownership.
> However I get a permissions dialog when adding files to /work/
>
> If I try to add a file to one of those directories I created using Dolphin
> on my desktop there is no error and no file shows up.
>
>
> Thank you for your help!!
> Keith
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On 2015-07-26 10:28, Stephen Partington wrote:
>
>>
>> http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-newbie-8/samba-smbpasswd-file-missing-750367/
>> [3]
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Jul 26, 2015 at 10:22 AM, Keith Smith
>>  wrote:
>>
>>  Thanks!! I added the Samba user as one of the first steps. My
>>> smb.config shows "passdb backend = tdbsam". I cannot find the
>>> tdbsam file. What am I missing?
>>>
>>> On 2015-07-26 09:56, Todd Millecam wrote:
>>>
>>> If I remember right, samba doesn't follow regular *nix permissions.
>>> Try running the command:
>>> smbadduser
>>>
>>> to get your user name and password in. Use those credentials when
>>> you
>>> login to transfer files and see if it works.
>>>
>>> On Sun, Jul 26, 2015 at 10:18 AM, Keith Smith
>>>  wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I am running Mint 17 KDE. I've uploaded Virtualbox and created a
>>> vm using CentOS 6.6. On the CentOS 6.6 VM I installed Samba.
>>>
>>> I created a user on the VM and created the same user as a Samba
>>> user.
>>> I created a directory off root : /work
>>> smb and nmb are both running.
>>> in the /etc/samba/smb.conf I:
>>> 1) set the workgroup - I do not think this is necessary since I am
>>> connection from Linux.
>>> 2) commented out all the cups references
>>> 3) added the following lines:
>>>
>>> - path = /work
>>> - writable = yes
>>> - browseable = yes
>>> - read only = no
>>>
>>> SELinux is disables
>>> IPTables is disabled
>>>
>>> I have the exact same config on a laptop running CentOS 6.6 and it
>>> works fine. Only difference is the laptop mounts and connects to
>>> Samba from the fstab.
>>>
>>> To connect to the Samba share on the VM I issue the following
>>> command from my desktop's command line:
>>>
>>> sudo mount -t cifs -o user='username' //192.168.20.51/work/ [1] [1]
>>>
>>>
>>> /mnt/centos6 (command line on my desktop)
>>>
>>> It mounts and I can view the /work directory in Dolphin on the the
>>> parent (mint 17 KDE desktop).
>>>
>>> I cannot upload files though.
>>>
>>> To test I : chmod -R 777 /work which did not help.
>>>
>>> I checked the Samba logs and they contain almost nothing - no
>>> errors are being logged.
>>>
>>> I've scoured the internet and am finding no solution.
>>>
>>> Tied:
>>>
>>> create mask = 0755
>>> create mode = 0660
>>> directory mode = 0770
>>> force create mode = 0660
>>> force directory mode = 0770
>>> force user = keith
>>> force group = keith
>>>
>>> which did not make a difference.
>>>
>>> Any ideas are much appreciated.
>>>
>>> Thanks!!
>>> Keith
>>>
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Re: KDE enters the mobile development space

[Stephen Partington]

Agreed, they actually listened to feedback this time.

On Sun, Jul 26, 2015 at 4:26 PM, Brian Cluff  wrote:

> I haven't used windows 10, but I had windows 8 more in mind when I wrote
> that.
>
> I would say that Windows 10 is direct evidence that MS has figured out
> that having the same interface across all devices doesn't work very well.
>
> Brian Cluff
>
> On 07/26/2015 03:45 PM, Stephen Partington wrote:
>
>> Windows 10 desktop environment is i think the best it has been. Not
>> saying it does not have issues. But it is a good environment to work in.
>>
>> My weirdness is the lack of control over updates. But it is pretty nice.
>>
>> On Jul 26, 2015 3:41 PM, "Brian Cluff" > > wrote:
>>
>> I've been waiting years for KDE to throw their hat into mobile.
>> They've been talking about their plans for years and from what they
>> have described, it makes a lot more sense to have shared programs
>> and widgets that can be used across all environments but to have
>> your phones interface act like a phone and your desktop act like a
>> desktop but to have them all "feel" similar.
>> That makes a lot more sense than a single interface to spread across
>> all devices.  That just seems to me that the very best you can come
>> up with is something that will be described as on avarage as "not
>> completely horrible" across all devices.  That doesn't sound very
>> good to me (I'm talking to you Windows and Ubuntu). :)
>>
>> Brian Cluff
>>
>> On 07/26/2015 10:27 AM, Stephen Partington wrote:
>>
>> http://itsfoss.com/kde-announces-plasma-mobile
>>
>> Interesting.
>>
>> --
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>> button.
>>
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Re: KDE enters the mobile development space

[Brian Cluff]

I haven't used windows 10, but I had windows 8 more in mind when I wrote 
that.


I would say that Windows 10 is direct evidence that MS has figured out 
that having the same interface across all devices doesn't work very well.


Brian Cluff

On 07/26/2015 03:45 PM, Stephen Partington wrote:

Windows 10 desktop environment is i think the best it has been. Not
saying it does not have issues. But it is a good environment to work in.

My weirdness is the lack of control over updates. But it is pretty nice.

On Jul 26, 2015 3:41 PM, "Brian Cluff" mailto:br...@snaptek.com>> wrote:

I've been waiting years for KDE to throw their hat into mobile.
They've been talking about their plans for years and from what they
have described, it makes a lot more sense to have shared programs
and widgets that can be used across all environments but to have
your phones interface act like a phone and your desktop act like a
desktop but to have them all "feel" similar.
That makes a lot more sense than a single interface to spread across
all devices.  That just seems to me that the very best you can come
up with is something that will be described as on avarage as "not
completely horrible" across all devices.  That doesn't sound very
good to me (I'm talking to you Windows and Ubuntu). :)

Brian Cluff

On 07/26/2015 10:27 AM, Stephen Partington wrote:

http://itsfoss.com/kde-announces-plasma-mobile

Interesting.

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Re: KDE enters the mobile development space

[Stephen Partington]

Windows 10 desktop environment is i think the best it has been. Not saying
it does not have issues. But it is a good environment to work in.

My weirdness is the lack of control over updates. But it is pretty nice.
On Jul 26, 2015 3:41 PM, "Brian Cluff"  wrote:

> I've been waiting years for KDE to throw their hat into mobile.  They've
> been talking about their plans for years and from what they have described,
> it makes a lot more sense to have shared programs and widgets that can be
> used across all environments but to have your phones interface act like a
> phone and your desktop act like a desktop but to have them all "feel"
> similar.
> That makes a lot more sense than a single interface to spread across all
> devices.  That just seems to me that the very best you can come up with is
> something that will be described as on avarage as "not completely horrible"
> across all devices.  That doesn't sound very good to me (I'm talking to you
> Windows and Ubuntu). :)
>
> Brian Cluff
>
> On 07/26/2015 10:27 AM, Stephen Partington wrote:
>
>> http://itsfoss.com/kde-announces-plasma-mobile
>>
>> Interesting.
>>
>> --
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>> rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button.
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Re: KDE enters the mobile development space

[Brian Cluff]

I've been waiting years for KDE to throw their hat into mobile.  They've 
been talking about their plans for years and from what they have 
described, it makes a lot more sense to have shared programs and widgets 
that can be used across all environments but to have your phones 
interface act like a phone and your desktop act like a desktop but to 
have them all "feel" similar.
That makes a lot more sense than a single interface to spread across all 
devices.  That just seems to me that the very best you can come up with 
is something that will be described as on avarage as "not completely 
horrible" across all devices.  That doesn't sound very good to me (I'm 
talking to you Windows and Ubuntu). :)


Brian Cluff

On 07/26/2015 10:27 AM, Stephen Partington wrote:

http://itsfoss.com/kde-announces-plasma-mobile

Interesting.

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Re: O/T : Looking for an entry level LAMP developer for contract work.

[David Schwartz]

> On Jul 26, 2015, at 1:56 PM, Keith Smith  wrote:
> 
> ObamaCare is pure politics.
> 



Facts just don’t seem to carry any weight in these discussions. 

I invite everybody to declare this horse dead, stop beating it, and move on to 
something more substantial...

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Re: O/T : Looking for an entry level LAMP developer for contract work.

[Keith Smith]

ObamaCare is pure politics.


On 2015-07-26 13:03, Steve Litt wrote:

On Sun, 26 Jul 2015 06:57:19 -0700
Keith Smith  wrote:



It is my understanding they cannot take your house because of the
Arizona homestead law.


Same with Florida, although under such circumstances you might have
trouble paying the mortgage.



Several days in the hospital might cost $25,000 retail and you might


If that's true in Arizona, it's sure not true in Florida, where 7 days
will be well into 6 figures, at least at some hospitals (and can you
really negotiate and say "fine, I'll just go to the hospital in thenext
town" when you've just had a heart attack?)



That was not my point.



Anyway, all I was saying is that on 1/1/2014, Obamacare made it *much*
easier for older people and people with less than perfect health
records to work for themselves. I'm not going to discuss the politics
of Obamacare.



For some.  Not me.



SteveT

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Re: O/T : Looking for an entry level LAMP developer for contract work.

[Steve Litt]

On Sun, 26 Jul 2015 06:57:19 -0700
Keith Smith  wrote:


> It is my understanding they cannot take your house because of the 
> Arizona homestead law.

Same with Florida, although under such circumstances you might have
trouble paying the mortgage.


> Several days in the hospital might cost $25,000 retail and you might

If that's true in Arizona, it's sure not true in Florida, where 7 days
will be well into 6 figures, at least at some hospitals (and can you
really negotiate and say "fine, I'll just go to the hospital in thenext
town" when you've just had a heart attack?)

Anyway, all I was saying is that on 1/1/2014, Obamacare made it *much*
easier for older people and people with less than perfect health
records to work for themselves. I'm not going to discuss the politics
of Obamacare.

SteveT

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Re: Samba Connecting, cannot transfer files

[Keith Smith]

Thanks for the link.

My smbpasswd is in /usr/bin/smbpasswd

Just to make sure I : touch /etc/samba/smbpasswd

then I :
smbpasswd -x username
smbpasswd -a username

still same issue.

Remove /etc/samba/smbpasswd

I've created several directories off of /work/ on the samba server using 
the Samba server's command line.  Using Dolphin on my desktop I can add 
directories to /work/ - they have correct permissions and ownership.  
However I get a permissions dialog when adding files to /work/


If I try to add a file to one of those directories I created using 
Dolphin on my desktop there is no error and no file shows up.



Thank you for your help!!
Keith







On 2015-07-26 10:28, Stephen Partington wrote:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-newbie-8/samba-smbpasswd-file-missing-750367/
[3]

On Sun, Jul 26, 2015 at 10:22 AM, Keith Smith
 wrote:


Thanks!! I added the Samba user as one of the first steps. My
smb.config shows "passdb backend = tdbsam". I cannot find the
tdbsam file. What am I missing?

On 2015-07-26 09:56, Todd Millecam wrote:

If I remember right, samba doesn't follow regular *nix permissions.
Try running the command:
smbadduser

to get your user name and password in. Use those credentials when
you
login to transfer files and see if it works.

On Sun, Jul 26, 2015 at 10:18 AM, Keith Smith
 wrote:

Hi,

I am running Mint 17 KDE. I've uploaded Virtualbox and created a
vm using CentOS 6.6. On the CentOS 6.6 VM I installed Samba.

I created a user on the VM and created the same user as a Samba
user.
I created a directory off root : /work
smb and nmb are both running.
in the /etc/samba/smb.conf I:
1) set the workgroup - I do not think this is necessary since I am
connection from Linux.
2) commented out all the cups references
3) added the following lines:

- path = /work
- writable = yes
- browseable = yes
- read only = no

SELinux is disables
IPTables is disabled

I have the exact same config on a laptop running CentOS 6.6 and it
works fine. Only difference is the laptop mounts and connects to
Samba from the fstab.

To connect to the Samba share on the VM I issue the following
command from my desktop's command line:

sudo mount -t cifs -o user='username' //192.168.20.51/work/ [1] [1]

/mnt/centos6 (command line on my desktop)

It mounts and I can view the /work directory in Dolphin on the the
parent (mint 17 KDE desktop).

I cannot upload files though.

To test I : chmod -R 777 /work which did not help.

I checked the Samba logs and they contain almost nothing - no
errors are being logged.

I've scoured the internet and am finding no solution.

Tied:

create mask = 0755
create mode = 0660
directory mode = 0770
force create mode = 0660
force directory mode = 0770
force user = keith
force group = keith

which did not make a difference.

Any ideas are much appreciated.

Thanks!!
Keith

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Re: Samba Connecting, cannot transfer files

[Stephen Partington]

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-newbie-8/samba-smbpasswd-file-missing-750367/



On Sun, Jul 26, 2015 at 10:22 AM, Keith Smith 
wrote:

>
> Thanks!!  I added the Samba user as one of the first steps.  My smb.config
> shows "passdb backend = tdbsam".  I cannot find the tdbsam file.  What am I
> missing?
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On 2015-07-26 09:56, Todd Millecam wrote:
>
>> If I remember right, samba doesn't follow regular *nix permissions.
>> Try running the command:
>> smbadduser
>>
>> to get your user name and password in.  Use those credentials when you
>> login to transfer files and see if it works.
>>
>> On Sun, Jul 26, 2015 at 10:18 AM, Keith Smith
>>  wrote:
>>
>>  Hi,
>>>
>>> I am running Mint 17 KDE. I've uploaded Virtualbox and created a
>>> vm using CentOS 6.6. On the CentOS 6.6 VM I installed Samba.
>>>
>>> I created a user on the VM and created the same user as a Samba
>>> user.
>>> I created a directory off root : /work
>>> smb and nmb are both running.
>>> in the /etc/samba/smb.conf I:
>>> 1) set the workgroup - I do not think this is necessary since I am
>>> connection from Linux.
>>> 2) commented out all the cups references
>>> 3) added the following lines:
>>>
>>> - path = /work
>>> - writable = yes
>>> - browseable = yes
>>> - read only = no
>>>
>>> SELinux is disables
>>> IPTables is disabled
>>>
>>> I have the exact same config on a laptop running CentOS 6.6 and it
>>> works fine. Only difference is the laptop mounts and connects to
>>> Samba from the fstab.
>>>
>>> To connect to the Samba share on the VM I issue the following
>>> command from my desktop's command line:
>>>
>>> sudo mount -t cifs -o user='username' //192.168.20.51/work/ [1]
>>>
>>> /mnt/centos6 (command line on my desktop)
>>>
>>> It mounts and I can view the /work directory in Dolphin on the the
>>> parent (mint 17 KDE desktop).
>>>
>>> I cannot upload files though.
>>>
>>> To test I : chmod -R 777 /work which did not help.
>>>
>>> I checked the Samba logs and they contain almost nothing - no
>>> errors are being logged.
>>>
>>> I've scoured the internet and am finding no solution.
>>>
>>> Tied:
>>>
>>> create mask = 0755
>>> create mode = 0660
>>> directory mode = 0770
>>> force create mode = 0660
>>> force directory mode = 0770
>>> force user = keith
>>> force group = keith
>>>
>>> which did not make a difference.
>>>
>>> Any ideas are much appreciated.
>>>
>>> Thanks!!
>>> Keith
>>>
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KDE enters the mobile development space

[Stephen Partington]

http://itsfoss.com/kde-announces-plasma-mobile

Interesting.

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Re: Samba Connecting, cannot transfer files

[Keith Smith]

Thanks!!  Able to ping and see vhosts on that VM.  It is set to bridged.



On 2015-07-26 10:09, Stephen Partington wrote:

Also make sure that your network is set in such a way that you can
ping and see your VM. ( i have wanted to put my head into the wall
because i let virtualbox put a VM on nat that i was expecting to be
bridged.

On Sun, Jul 26, 2015 at 9:56 AM, Todd Millecam 
wrote:


If I remember right, samba doesn't follow regular *nix permissions.

Try running the command:
smbadduser

to get your user name and password in. Use those credentials when
you login to transfer files and see if it works.

On Sun, Jul 26, 2015 at 10:18 AM, Keith Smith
 wrote:


Hi,

I am running Mint 17 KDE. I've uploaded Virtualbox and created a
vm using CentOS 6.6. On the CentOS 6.6 VM I installed Samba.

I created a user on the VM and created the same user as a Samba
user.
I created a directory off root : /work
smb and nmb are both running.
in the /etc/samba/smb.conf I:
1) set the workgroup - I do not think this is necessary since I
am connection from Linux.
2) commented out all the cups references
3) added the following lines:

- path = /work
- writable = yes
- browseable = yes
- read only = no

SELinux is disables
IPTables is disabled

I have the exact same config on a laptop running CentOS 6.6 and
it works fine. Only difference is the laptop mounts and connects
to Samba from the fstab.

To connect to the Samba share on the VM I issue the following
command from my desktop's command line:

sudo mount -t cifs -o user='username' //192.168.20.51/work/ [1]
/mnt/centos6 (command line on my desktop)

It mounts and I can view the /work directory in Dolphin on the
the parent (mint 17 KDE desktop).

I cannot upload files though.

To test I : chmod -R 777 /work which did not help.

I checked the Samba logs and they contain almost nothing - no
errors are being logged.

I've scoured the internet and am finding no solution.

Tied:

create mask = 0755
create mode = 0660
directory mode = 0770
force create mode = 0660
force directory mode = 0770
force user = keith
force group = keith

which did not make a difference.

Any ideas are much appreciated.

Thanks!!
Keith

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Re: Samba Connecting, cannot transfer files

[Keith Smith]

Thanks!!  I added the Samba user as one of the first steps.  My 
smb.config shows "passdb backend = tdbsam".  I cannot find the tdbsam 
file.  What am I missing?







On 2015-07-26 09:56, Todd Millecam wrote:

If I remember right, samba doesn't follow regular *nix permissions.
Try running the command:
smbadduser

to get your user name and password in.  Use those credentials when you
login to transfer files and see if it works.

On Sun, Jul 26, 2015 at 10:18 AM, Keith Smith
 wrote:


Hi,

I am running Mint 17 KDE. I've uploaded Virtualbox and created a
vm using CentOS 6.6. On the CentOS 6.6 VM I installed Samba.

I created a user on the VM and created the same user as a Samba
user.
I created a directory off root : /work
smb and nmb are both running.
in the /etc/samba/smb.conf I:
1) set the workgroup - I do not think this is necessary since I am
connection from Linux.
2) commented out all the cups references
3) added the following lines:

- path = /work
- writable = yes
- browseable = yes
- read only = no

SELinux is disables
IPTables is disabled

I have the exact same config on a laptop running CentOS 6.6 and it
works fine. Only difference is the laptop mounts and connects to
Samba from the fstab.

To connect to the Samba share on the VM I issue the following
command from my desktop's command line:

sudo mount -t cifs -o user='username' //192.168.20.51/work/ [1]
/mnt/centos6 (command line on my desktop)

It mounts and I can view the /work directory in Dolphin on the the
parent (mint 17 KDE desktop).

I cannot upload files though.

To test I : chmod -R 777 /work which did not help.

I checked the Samba logs and they contain almost nothing - no
errors are being logged.

I've scoured the internet and am finding no solution.

Tied:

create mask = 0755
create mode = 0660
directory mode = 0770
force create mode = 0660
force directory mode = 0770
force user = keith
force group = keith

which did not make a difference.

Any ideas are much appreciated.

Thanks!!
Keith

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Re: Samba Connecting, cannot transfer files

[Stephen Partington]

Also make sure that your network is set in such a way that you can ping and
see your VM. ( i have wanted to put my head into the wall because i let
virtualbox put a VM on nat that i was expecting to be bridged.

On Sun, Jul 26, 2015 at 9:56 AM, Todd Millecam  wrote:

> If I remember right, samba doesn't follow regular *nix permissions.
> Try running the command:
> smbadduser
>
> to get your user name and password in.  Use those credentials when you
> login to transfer files and see if it works.
>
> On Sun, Jul 26, 2015 at 10:18 AM, Keith Smith 
> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am running Mint 17 KDE.  I've uploaded Virtualbox and created a vm
>> using CentOS 6.6.  On the CentOS 6.6 VM I installed Samba.
>>
>> I created a user on the VM and created the same user as a Samba user.
>> I created a directory off root : /work
>> smb and nmb are both running.
>> in the /etc/samba/smb.conf I:
>> 1) set the workgroup - I do not think this is necessary since I am
>> connection from Linux.
>> 2) commented out all the cups references
>> 3) added the following lines:
>>
>>   - path = /work
>>   - writable = yes
>>   - browseable = yes
>>   - read only = no
>>
>> SELinux is disables
>> IPTables is disabled
>>
>>
>> I have the exact same config on a laptop running CentOS 6.6 and it works
>> fine.  Only difference is the laptop mounts and connects to Samba from the
>> fstab.
>>
>> To connect to the Samba share on the VM I issue the following command
>> from my desktop's command line:
>>
>> sudo mount -t cifs -o user='username' //192.168.20.51/work/
>> /mnt/centos6(command line on my desktop)
>>
>> It mounts and I can view the /work directory in Dolphin on the the parent
>> (mint 17 KDE desktop).
>>
>> I cannot upload files though.
>>
>> To test I : chmod -R 777 /work   which did not help.
>>
>> I checked the Samba logs and they contain almost nothing - no errors are
>> being logged.
>>
>> I've scoured the internet and am finding no solution.
>>
>>
>> Tied:
>>
>> create mask = 0755
>> create mode = 0660
>> directory mode = 0770
>> force create mode = 0660
>> force directory mode = 0770
>> force user = keith
>> force group = keith
>>
>> which did not make a difference.
>>
>>
>> Any ideas are much appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks!!
>> Keith
>>
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Re: Samba Connecting, cannot transfer files

[Todd Millecam]

If I remember right, samba doesn't follow regular *nix permissions.
Try running the command:
smbadduser

to get your user name and password in.  Use those credentials when you
login to transfer files and see if it works.

On Sun, Jul 26, 2015 at 10:18 AM, Keith Smith 
wrote:

>
>
> Hi,
>
> I am running Mint 17 KDE.  I've uploaded Virtualbox and created a vm using
> CentOS 6.6.  On the CentOS 6.6 VM I installed Samba.
>
> I created a user on the VM and created the same user as a Samba user.
> I created a directory off root : /work
> smb and nmb are both running.
> in the /etc/samba/smb.conf I:
> 1) set the workgroup - I do not think this is necessary since I am
> connection from Linux.
> 2) commented out all the cups references
> 3) added the following lines:
>
>   - path = /work
>   - writable = yes
>   - browseable = yes
>   - read only = no
>
> SELinux is disables
> IPTables is disabled
>
>
> I have the exact same config on a laptop running CentOS 6.6 and it works
> fine.  Only difference is the laptop mounts and connects to Samba from the
> fstab.
>
> To connect to the Samba share on the VM I issue the following command from
> my desktop's command line:
>
> sudo mount -t cifs -o user='username' //192.168.20.51/work/ /mnt/centos6
>   (command line on my desktop)
>
> It mounts and I can view the /work directory in Dolphin on the the parent
> (mint 17 KDE desktop).
>
> I cannot upload files though.
>
> To test I : chmod -R 777 /work   which did not help.
>
> I checked the Samba logs and they contain almost nothing - no errors are
> being logged.
>
> I've scoured the internet and am finding no solution.
>
>
> Tied:
>
> create mask = 0755
> create mode = 0660
> directory mode = 0770
> force create mode = 0660
> force directory mode = 0770
> force user = keith
> force group = keith
>
> which did not make a difference.
>
>
> Any ideas are much appreciated.
>
> Thanks!!
> Keith
>
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Samba Connecting, cannot transfer files

[Keith Smith]

Hi,

I am running Mint 17 KDE.  I've uploaded Virtualbox and created a vm 
using CentOS 6.6.  On the CentOS 6.6 VM I installed Samba.


I created a user on the VM and created the same user as a Samba user.
I created a directory off root : /work
smb and nmb are both running.
in the /etc/samba/smb.conf I:
1) set the workgroup - I do not think this is necessary since I am 
connection from Linux.

2) commented out all the cups references
3) added the following lines:

  - path = /work
  - writable = yes
  - browseable = yes
  - read only = no

SELinux is disables
IPTables is disabled


I have the exact same config on a laptop running CentOS 6.6 and it works 
fine.  Only difference is the laptop mounts and connects to Samba from 
the fstab.


To connect to the Samba share on the VM I issue the following command 
from my desktop's command line:


sudo mount -t cifs -o user='username' //192.168.20.51/work/ /mnt/centos6 
   (command line on my desktop)


It mounts and I can view the /work directory in Dolphin on the the 
parent (mint 17 KDE desktop).


I cannot upload files though.

To test I : chmod -R 777 /work   which did not help.

I checked the Samba logs and they contain almost nothing - no errors are 
being logged.


I've scoured the internet and am finding no solution.


Tied:

create mask = 0755
create mode = 0660
directory mode = 0770
force create mode = 0660
force directory mode = 0770
force user = keith
force group = keith

which did not make a difference.


Any ideas are much appreciated.

Thanks!!
Keith

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Re: O/T : Looking for an entry level LAMP developer for contract work.

[Keith Smith]

On 2015-07-24 11:23, Steve Litt wrote:

On Fri, 24 Jul 2015 05:06:59 -0700
Keith Smith  wrote:



If you are going to take out a state or federal exchange policy you
can figure on high rates and high deductibles.  Last year the
affordable care act was going to cost my wife and I $750 a month with
a $6,200 annual deductible per person. It is my understanding that
those rates may have gone up as much as 40% this year.  I am priced
out of the market.  And I had to pay a fine this year

Any thoughts?


Yes.

You and I have very different ideas of "high". As the head of a
household of five people, each with preexisting conditions (and our
whole family probably all live to 85 without much medical intervention,
but that's for another day), I was paying almost $3000/month for a
family policy of $10K deductible for the family. In almost every year
(except the year I had a hernia sewed up), we never got past the
deductible, so the $36K I gave the insurance company was free and clear
to them. My alternative was to risk losing the house if I got run over
on a bicycle ride.




You could go bankrupt and buy a house cash in 50 months if you were 
buying a $150,000 house.  That is 4 years and 2 months.


It is my understanding they cannot take your house because of the 
Arizona homestead law.  If you go Bankrupt they cannot take the tools of 
your trade and must leave you with one form of entertainment and one 
car.


I would suggest talking with an Attorney.

Several days in the hospital might cost $25,000 retail and you might get 
them to give you a cash discount especially if you use a lawyer to 
negotiate.  Say you do end up with $40,000 in medical debt.  You cut 
that in half and pay your lawyer $2000 and you are still way ahead.


If you go 10 years without any major medical incidence you would save 
$360,000.  You are well on your way to becoming self insured.


Also they cannot take your retirement account.  Stuff as much of that in 
your IRA and other retirement accounts and you hedge your bet.


I believe everyone should pay their debts.  I also believe our 
government AND big business is at fault here. I think health care costs 
are driven by crony capitalism. So that begs the question - what do I 
really owe?  I am along for the ride.  I did not create this mess and I 
will do everything in my power to protect myself under the law.  The 
Good Book says "give to caesar what is caesar's".  What is rightfully 
caesar's?


In 1980 I went to the ER and received 3 stitches.  Cost was $35.00.  I 
was making $4.70 an hour. I paid cash and did not feel it at all. Today 
I am told the cost would be $5,000 - $10,000 in the ER.  At urgent care 
that cost might be $250 - $500.


What is driving this cost?  It is uninsured people using the ER as their 
primary care physician.  Who are those uninsured people?  ObamaCare did 
not fix that issue.  Remember Obama saying a family of 4 would save 
$2500 a year on insurance with ObamaCare?  Did that happen - no.  
Medical premiums are sky-rocketing.  Some think this is by design.


Let's talk ObamaCare - I was not for socialized medicine.  The 
government does a poor job at most things.  Add to that the 
redistribution built into the system and I do not want to participate.  
Other get subsidized while I am required to pay full rate.  So I pay 
taxes that pay for the Medicare expansion and ObamaCare and I pay full 
rate for insurance.  Nice job!! Nice if you are on the receiving end.


Also note the AZ Medicare expansion was done with the hospitals and 
other medical organizations.  This was not a clean bill.  This is what I 
mean by crony capitalism - Government expanding in favor of the special 
interest groups, not the people.


No one has ever given me anything.  I pulled myself up by my bootstraps 
and made the best of things.  I paid my way and now my government wants 
to take my hard earned money and give it to others.


The AZ Medicare expansion and ObamaCare might help some, however it 
hurts a lot of people.  My U.S. Congressman's staff tell me that lots of 
people are in my position of not being able to afford insurance while 
subsidising others.


At some point we have to say enough is enough.  An unjust law is no law 
at all.  We should require our elected officials to read every bill 
before they pass it and we should hold them accountable.  We are not.  
We as a society are too busy watching dancing with the stars and 
desperate housewives.  We need to turn off the TV and spend some time 
attending to the business of our country.









I would have skipped merrily down the street to insure myself and my
wife for $750.

LOL, I had to give back all my Obamacare tax credits and *still* saved
over $1100/month on substantially the same policy.

The unforseen problem with Obamacare is the supreme court decision that
gave states the right to opt out of the Medicaid Expansion. States that
opted out created a huge hole consisting of working Americans who made
too mu

Re: give-a-way

[Eric Oyen]

oh well. not fast enough on the trigger I am. :)

-eric

On Jul 25, 2015, at 4:26 PM, Lyle Tuttle wrote:

> Sorry Eric; it is gone.
> 
> At 02:58 PM 7/25/2015, Eric Oyen wrote:
>> I could certainly use that here. I have a bunch of older drives and need a 
>> cage for them. you may have to drop it by here, I can't drive and the bus 
>> would take too damned long in this heat.
>> 
>> -eric
>> (623)399-5635
>> 
>> 
>> On Jul 25, 2015, at 6:29 AM, Lyle Tuttle wrote:
>> 
>> > Anyone interested in this?  Free to a good home...
>> > 
>> > http://www.overclockers.com/vantec-nexstar-3i/
>> > 
>> > Near 117th Ave and Bell Rd
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Re: Juniper and Caononical networking

[Michael Butash]

  
  
SDN is a big deal, everyone thinks it's
  going to make their lives easier.  Eventually, but not without
  pain.  There is enough hype I'm delving heavily into this now.
  
  Most of this concept of defined network is "contracts", this group
  of hosts to that group of hosts on x services.  Hosts technically
  aren't in a broadcast domain anymore like they were, if you don't
  define the port-to-port flow as part of a contract policy, it
  doesn't happen.
  
  There in lies the problem - do you want to tell me every port
  connection every host needs explicitly for every application?  Now
  you have to, as well as your bandwidth and latency requirements. 
  Yes, really, and no "any" isn't good enough.
  
  As a network person, getting app people to define their networking
  requirements is about as impossible as pleasing them for the same
  reason.  Do you know how to read the results of "netstat -anp"?
  
  There is lots of open or open-ish hardware out there now to do
  some very neat things right now.  Openstack neutron to an
  opendaylight controller, running hardware switches in openflow
  mode (even cisco's can do openflow mode).  There are a ton of open
  and closed source SDN controllers, Cisco, Arista, Juniper, really
  everyone has one, or has partnerships for one.  VMware's NSX
  product is all about SDN flow controllers and distributed network
  features.
  
  As for hardware, commodity stuff is starting to be found cheap:
  
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Accton-Edge-Core-Data-Center-Switch-AS5600-52X-48-port-10GBE-4x-40GBE-QSFP-/151754552764?
  
  Used, a thousand bucks, 48x 10gigabit ports, 4x 40gigabit ports,
  runs cumulus linux as the switch os.  Anything that can do
  OpenNetworking (ON) support, which Dell, Quanta, and a number of
  other generic "white-box" providers do this now.
  
  Now almost every switch is based on broadcom chips, even cisco
  doesn't do much for custom silicon asics anymore, so there is a
  baseline compatibility with a lot of hardware now being all
  broadcom reference chipsets like that Accton through big names. 
  Cisco and Arista's premier products are all broadcom based now,
  only difference is how they stitch the chips together internally,
  and the software.  Facebook did this with the same broadcom chips
  themselves as with every random chinese company cloning the same
  approach from the bigwigs like that Accton and undercutting price,
  why not Facebook themselves?
  
  The final frontier for data center networking of who you buy will
  be more about the software api, and how expressive they can convey
  network hardware and transport concepts to non-networking
  developers, including global site concepts, vpn, load-balancing,
  ssl termination, dns, and extensive routing/switching.  
  
  It doesn't remove complexity, it just makes it something else's
  problem, again.
  
  -mb
  
  
  On 07/25/2015 10:36 PM, Stephen Partington wrote:


  
Saw this post wander by, and was wondering what
  some of your takes would be.


I for one am a huge supporter in the idea of
  opensource networking infrastructure. but also the idea of a
  network that is even more modular...



  =
  World
waves 'goodbye' to CISCO!
  With
new generation of Debian/UBUNTU GNU/Linux switches, coming
with full sources for ‪#‎SDN‬ (Software Defined
Networking).
  After ‪#‎Snowden‬/ ‪#‎NSA‬ revelations nobody in the
world is buying U.S. closed software/hardware any longer.
  Large
parts of Linux now run on ultra fast, freely programmable
ASICs, being able to completely replace CISCO greenware.
  But
not only that. You now can run your UBUNTU "Snappy"
containers directly on your switches. No more dedicated
servers. Oops?
  Wave
'goodbye' to John Chambers at Levi’s Stadium on July 27 with
some handful of ‪#‎Cisco‬ employees, that are left
over: ‪#‎CiscoRocks‬ and‪#‎WeAreCisco‬.
  https://insights.ubuntu.com/…/worlds-first-25100-gigabit-o…/
  https://insights.ubuntu.com/…/iot-world-snappy-for-whitebo…/
  https://insights.ubuntu.com/…/lxd-crushes-kvm-in-density-a…/
  https://insights.ubuntu.com/…/the-power-of-software-define…/
  https://insights.ubuntu.com/…/juju-for-telcos-and-service-…/
  https://insights.ubuntu.com/…/juniper-canonical-partner-on…/
  https://code.facebook.com/…/facebook-open-switching-system…/