[ale] SAMBA is driving me nuts

JD jdp at algoloma.com
Wed Jun 11 14:30:56 EDT 2014


Options?   Pick 1. Which are you using?

Not sure I understand what the groups have to do with either choice. I could be
clueless.


On 06/11/2014 11:58 AM, Preston wrote:
> Ah, probably I'm the confused one. I had assumed that sshfs was just the
> handler for samba. I'm taking it as that is not the case.
> 
> options?
> 
> On 6/11/2014 10:47 AM, JD wrote:
>> I'm confused - are you using samba or sshfs?
>>
>> sshfs does NOT implement everything that a POSIX file system should have.
>> Usually it is "good enough", but not always, especially with file locking, IME.
>> Vboxsf also has a similar issue.
>>
>>
>> On 06/11/2014 11:03 AM, Preston wrote:
>>> Hey folks,
>>>
>>> I have a remote samba machine that I connect to via SSHFS.  I created a
>>> specific user ("indy") that will be used for this connection and that
>>> user is in all the groups I believe it should be:
>>>
>>> indy at remote-srv-05:~$ groups
>>> users ssh sambashare indy
>>>
>>> The issue I am having seems to be when Microsoft Office or Adobe
>>> products create a .tmp file as they are saving.  When I am using these I
>>> get a "disk is full" error.  I can see a "~WRD0003.tmp" file being
>>> created on the server via my explorer window.  This (of course)
>>> disappears when the file fails to save.
>>>
>>> I've created new text files directly on the server and edited/saved them
>>> several times using simple text editors (notepad, Notepad++) and
>>> LibreOffice (the temp file it creates works "correctly" I suppose).
>>>
>>> This server will be predominately used by our Macs with a few Windows
>>> machines connecting on occasion.
>>>
>>> How are you setting up your smb.conf to allow Word/Photoshop/InDesign to
>>> work correctly?
>>>
>>> Here is my smb.conf file:
>>>
>>> #======================= Global Settings =======================
>>> [global]
>>> workgroup = COOLKIDZ
>>> server string = %h server
>>> include = /etc/samba/dhcp.conf
>>> dns proxy = no
>>> log level = 2
>>> syslog = 2
>>> log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
>>> max log size = 1000
>>> syslog only = yes
>>> panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d
>>> encrypt passwords = true
>>> passdb backend = tdbsam
>>> obey pam restrictions = yes
>>> unix password sync = no
>>> passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
>>> passwd chat = *Enter\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n
>>> *Retype\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *password\supdated\ssuccessfully* .
>>> pam password change = yes
>>> socket options = TCP_NODELAY IPTOS_LOWDELAY
>>> guest account = nobody
>>> load printers = no
>>> disable spoolss = yes
>>> printing = bsd
>>> printcap name = /dev/null
>>> unix extensions = yes
>>> wide links = no
>>> create mask = 0777
>>> directory mask = 0777
>>> use sendfile = yes
>>> aio read size = 16384
>>> aio write size = 16384
>>> null passwords = no
>>> local master = yes
>>> time server = no
>>> wins support = no
>>>
>>> #======================= Share Definitions =======================
>>> [Server5]
>>> comment = File Storage
>>> path = /media/14dccf1f-2af9-4a7d-ad14-86536398b0a6/Server5/
>>> guest ok = no
>>> read only = no
>>> browseable = yes
>>> inherit acls = yes
>>> inherit permissions = no
>>> ea support = no
>>> store dos attributes = no
>>> printable = no
>>> create mask = 0766
>>> force create mode = 0766
>>> directory mask = 0766
>>> force directory mode = 0766
>>> hide dot files = yes
>>> valid users = "preston","indy",@"preston",@"indy"
>>> invalid users =
>>> read list =
>>> write list = "preston","indy",@"preston",@"indy"
>>>


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