Samba Shares via Linux Client

Question

Network with Ubuntu 16x file server and Samba shares. Windows 7 & 10 clients access the shares with Full permissions. Was able to mount share from Linux client (Mint 18.3). Connects, but read only.

mounted as: //192.168.x.x/public /home/public/Documents cifs rw,username=pubuser,password=xxxxxx 0 0

"pubuser" is the Linux and Samba account. The Windows clients connect (map) and have full permission to the share.

also tried mounting as: ////192.168.x.x/public /home/public/Documents cifs uid=1002,gid=1001,credentials=mnt/public/pubuser.cred 0 0

"pubuser.cred" is file with defined password. I get the same results using this method (read only).

Appreciate any help. I've been using Samba here for 10+ years, but with Windows clients only.

Answer 1

Your second fstab mount expression is a mess. Hopefully it's all a typo. It also begs a lot of questions: (1) who is uid=1002 and gid=1001. ( 2) What permissions does /home/public/Documents have and does it allow whoever uid=1002 or gid=1001 write access. (3) Does pubuser have a samba password or are you trying to access the share with it's local login password?

Answer 2

The way I read your last comment the uid / gid referenced is for the pubuser on the server. What is the uid of the user on the client. Run the following command to find out:

id

That is the uid you want to reference in the fstab declaration. So if the user on the client machine has a uid of say ... 1000 the correct syntax for your fstab declaration would be:

//192.168.x.x/public /home/public/Documents cifs uid=1000,credentials=/mnt/public/pubuser.cred 0 0