Samba shares not accessible from Windows 8.1 with Ubuntu 14.04 LTS





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Here is my smb.conf file as obtained after using the "sudo system-config-samba" command



#
# Sample configuration file for the Samba suite for Debian GNU/Linux.
#
#
# This is the main Samba configuration file. You should read the
# smb.conf(5) manual page in order to understand the options listed
# here. Samba has a huge number of configurable options most of which
# are not shown in this example
#
# Some options that are often worth tuning have been included as
# commented-out examples in this file.
# - When such options are commented with ";", the proposed setting
# differs from the default Samba behaviour
# - When commented with "#", the proposed setting is the default
# behaviour of Samba but the option is considered important
# enough to be mentioned here
#
# NOTE: Whenever you modify this file you should run the command
# "testparm" to check that you have not made any basic syntactic
# errors.

#======================= Global Settings =======================

[global]

## Browsing/Identification ###

# Change this to the workgroup/NT-domain name your Samba server will part of
workgroup = MSHOME

# server string is the equivalent of the NT Description field
server string = %h server (Samba, Ubuntu)

# Windows Internet Name Serving Support Section:
# WINS Support - Tells the NMBD component of Samba to enable its WINS Server
# wins support = no

# WINS Server - Tells the NMBD components of Samba to be a WINS Client
# Note: Samba can be either a WINS Server, or a WINS Client, but NOT both
; wins server = w.x.y.z

# This will prevent nmbd to search for NetBIOS names through DNS.
dns proxy = no

#### Networking ####

# The specific set of interfaces / networks to bind to
# This can be either the interface name or an IP address/netmask;
# interface names are normally preferred
; interfaces = 127.0.0.0/8 eth0

# Only bind to the named interfaces and/or networks; you must use the
# 'interfaces' option above to use this.
# It is recommended that you enable this feature if your Samba machine is
# not protected by a firewall or is a firewall itself. However, this
# option cannot handle dynamic or non-broadcast interfaces correctly.
; bind interfaces only = yes



#### Debugging/Accounting ####

# This tells Samba to use a separate log file for each machine
# that connects
log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m

# Cap the size of the individual log files (in KiB).
max log size = 1000

# If you want Samba to only log through syslog then set the following
# parameter to 'yes'.
# syslog only = no

# We want Samba to log a minimum amount of information to syslog. Everything
# should go to /var/log/samba/log.{smbd,nmbd} instead. If you want to log
# through syslog you should set the following parameter to something higher.
syslog = 0

# Do something sensible when Samba crashes: mail the admin a backtrace
panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d


####### Authentication #######

# Server role. Defines in which mode Samba will operate. Possible
# values are "standalone server", "member server", "classic primary
# domain controller", "classic backup domain controller", "active
# directory domain controller".
#
# Most people will want "standalone sever" or "member server".
# Running as "active directory domain controller" will require first
# running "samba-tool domain provision" to wipe databases and create a
# new domain.
server role = standalone server

# If you are using encrypted passwords, Samba will need to know what
# password database type you are using.
; passdb backend = tdbsam

obey pam restrictions = yes

# This boolean parameter controls whether Samba attempts to sync the Unix
# password with the SMB password when the encrypted SMB password in the
# passdb is changed.
unix password sync = yes

# For Unix password sync to work on a Debian GNU/Linux system, the following
# parameters must be set (thanks to Ian Kahan <<kahan@informatik.tu-muenchen.de> for
# sending the correct chat script for the passwd program in Debian Sarge).
passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
passwd chat = *Entersnews*spassword:* %nn *Retypesnews*spassword:* %nn *passwordsupdatedssuccessfully* .

# This boolean controls whether PAM will be used for password changes
# when requested by an SMB client instead of the program listed in
# 'passwd program'. The default is 'no'.
pam password change = yes

# This option controls how unsuccessful authentication attempts are mapped
# to anonymous connections
map to guest = bad user

########## Domains ###########

#
# The following settings only takes effect if 'server role = primary
# classic domain controller', 'server role = backup domain controller'
# or 'domain logons' is set
#

# It specifies the location of the user's
# profile directory from the client point of view) The following
# required a [profiles] share to be setup on the samba server (see
# below)
; logon path = \%Nprofiles%U
# Another common choice is storing the profile in the user's home directory
# (this is Samba's default)
# logon path = \%N%Uprofile

# The following setting only takes effect if 'domain logons' is set
# It specifies the location of a user's home directory (from the client
# point of view)
; logon drive = H:
# logon home = \%N%U

# The following setting only takes effect if 'domain logons' is set
# It specifies the script to run during logon. The script must be stored
# in the [netlogon] share
# NOTE: Must be store in 'DOS' file format convention
; logon script = logon.cmd

# This allows Unix users to be created on the domain controller via the SAMR
# RPC pipe. The example command creates a user account with a disabled Unix
# password; please adapt to your needs
; add user script = /usr/sbin/adduser --quiet --disabled-password --gecos "" %u

# This allows machine accounts to be created on the domain controller via the
# SAMR RPC pipe.
# The following assumes a "machines" group exists on the system
; add machine script = /usr/sbin/useradd -g machines -c "%u machine account" -d /var/lib/samba -s /bin/false %u

# This allows Unix groups to be created on the domain controller via the SAMR
# RPC pipe.
; add group script = /usr/sbin/addgroup --force-badname %g

############ Misc ############

# Using the following line enables you to customise your configuration
# on a per machine basis. The %m gets replaced with the netbios name
# of the machine that is connecting
; include = /home/samba/etc/smb.conf.%m

# Some defaults for winbind (make sure you're not using the ranges
# for something else.)
; idmap uid = 10000-20000
; idmap gid = 10000-20000
; template shell = /bin/bash

# Setup usershare options to enable non-root users to share folders
# with the net usershare command.

# Maximum number of usershare. 0 (default) means that usershare is disabled.
; usershare max shares = 100

# Allow users who've been granted usershare privileges to create
# public shares, not just authenticated ones
usershare allow guests = yes
username map = /etc/samba/smbusers
security = user
; encrypt passwords = yes
guest ok = yes
guest account = smbguest

#======================= Share Definitions =======================

# Un-comment the following (and tweak the other settings below to suit)
# to enable the default home directory shares. This will share each
# user's home directory as \serverusername
;[homes]
; comment = Home Directories
; browseable = no

# By default, the home directories are exported read-only. Change the
# next parameter to 'no' if you want to be able to write to them.
; read only = yes

# File creation mask is set to 0700 for security reasons. If you want to
# create files with group=rw permissions, set next parameter to 0775.
; create mask = 0700

# Directory creation mask is set to 0700 for security reasons. If you want to
# create dirs. with group=rw permissions, set next parameter to 0775.
; directory mask = 0700

# By default, \serverusername shares can be connected to by anyone
# with access to the samba server.
# Un-comment the following parameter to make sure that only "username"
# can connect to \serverusername
# This might need tweaking when using external authentication schemes
; valid users = %S

# Un-comment the following and create the netlogon directory for Domain Logons
# (you need to configure Samba to act as a domain controller too.)
;[netlogon]
; comment = Network Logon Service
; path = /home/samba/netlogon
; guest ok = yes
; read only = yes

# Un-comment the following and create the profiles directory to store
# users profiles (see the "logon path" option above)
# (you need to configure Samba to act as a domain controller too.)
# The path below should be writable by all users so that their
# profile directory may be created the first time they log on
;[profiles]
; comment = Users profiles
; path = /home/samba/profiles
; guest ok = no
; browseable = no
; create mask = 0600
; directory mask = 0700

[printers]
comment = All Printers
browseable = no
path = /var/spool/samba
printable = yes
; guest ok = no
; read only = yes
create mask = 0700

# Windows clients look for this share name as a source of downloadable
# printer drivers
[print$]
comment = Printer Drivers
path = /var/lib/samba/printers
; browseable = yes
; read only = yes
; guest ok = no
# Uncomment to allow remote administration of Windows print drivers.
# You may need to replace 'lpadmin' with the name of the group your
# admin users are members of.
# Please note that you also need to set appropriate Unix permissions
# to the drivers directory for these users to have write rights in it
; write list = root, @lpadmin

[TorrentsEl]
path = /media/laurent06000/Elements/Torrents
writeable = yes
; browseable = yes
guest ok = yes

[laurent06000]
path = /home/laurent06000
writeable = yes
; browseable = yes
guest ok = yes


In the global section I double checked that the workgroup = MSHOME is correct.



THe laurent06000 share is visible fron Windows but the TorrentsElements is NOT (windows 8.1 tells me : "You do not have permission to access [PC]TorrentsElements"



Any idea ?



PS : here is my smbusers content :
laurent06000 = Laurent06



I must say I do not feel comfortable in choosing options in the Add Users option (Avahi, Daemon, Backup etc...) :
Samba Users



PS 2 :
I noticed strange messages NT-* when issuing a smbstatus command.



smbstatus



Samba version 4.1.6-Ubuntu
PID Username Group Machine
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Failed to initialize session_global: NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED

Service pid machine Connected at
-------------------------------------------------------
Failed to initialize session_global: NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED
Failed to traverse sessions: NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED

No locked files


Does anybody can explain those messages ?



Thanks in advance,



Laurent



[Edit 1] : I've added the following lines to my smb.conf file :



[Videos]
comment = 705
path = /media/laurent06000/705c48fd-e126-4af4-baea-f7692de7f138/home/laurent06000/Vidéos
writeable = yes
browseable = yes
guest ok = yes



[laur1]
comment = 0cc
path = /media/laurent06000/0cc3d633-b99e-4578-a54e-687afd200226/laurent06000
writeable = yes
browseable = yes
guest ok = yes



I double checked that all those shares [TorrentsEl] [Videos] ans [laur1], belongs to my ubuntu user (laurent06000) by using the command sudo chown -R laurent06000:laurent06000 at the "root" directory of each media present under directory /media/laurent06000.



I still have the error message "You do not have permission to access [PC][share] except for the [laurent06000] path = /home/laurent06000 share.



It drives me crazy.



What is wrong in my smb.conf configuration ? Why am I able to access only the /home/laurent06000 share ?



Note : my smbusers contents was changed to (but not by me) :



# Unix_name = SMB_Name1 SMB_Name2 ...
root = administrator
nobody = guest smbguest pcguest
Laurent06 = laurent06









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    Here is my smb.conf file as obtained after using the "sudo system-config-samba" command



    #
    # Sample configuration file for the Samba suite for Debian GNU/Linux.
    #
    #
    # This is the main Samba configuration file. You should read the
    # smb.conf(5) manual page in order to understand the options listed
    # here. Samba has a huge number of configurable options most of which
    # are not shown in this example
    #
    # Some options that are often worth tuning have been included as
    # commented-out examples in this file.
    # - When such options are commented with ";", the proposed setting
    # differs from the default Samba behaviour
    # - When commented with "#", the proposed setting is the default
    # behaviour of Samba but the option is considered important
    # enough to be mentioned here
    #
    # NOTE: Whenever you modify this file you should run the command
    # "testparm" to check that you have not made any basic syntactic
    # errors.

    #======================= Global Settings =======================

    [global]

    ## Browsing/Identification ###

    # Change this to the workgroup/NT-domain name your Samba server will part of
    workgroup = MSHOME

    # server string is the equivalent of the NT Description field
    server string = %h server (Samba, Ubuntu)

    # Windows Internet Name Serving Support Section:
    # WINS Support - Tells the NMBD component of Samba to enable its WINS Server
    # wins support = no

    # WINS Server - Tells the NMBD components of Samba to be a WINS Client
    # Note: Samba can be either a WINS Server, or a WINS Client, but NOT both
    ; wins server = w.x.y.z

    # This will prevent nmbd to search for NetBIOS names through DNS.
    dns proxy = no

    #### Networking ####

    # The specific set of interfaces / networks to bind to
    # This can be either the interface name or an IP address/netmask;
    # interface names are normally preferred
    ; interfaces = 127.0.0.0/8 eth0

    # Only bind to the named interfaces and/or networks; you must use the
    # 'interfaces' option above to use this.
    # It is recommended that you enable this feature if your Samba machine is
    # not protected by a firewall or is a firewall itself. However, this
    # option cannot handle dynamic or non-broadcast interfaces correctly.
    ; bind interfaces only = yes



    #### Debugging/Accounting ####

    # This tells Samba to use a separate log file for each machine
    # that connects
    log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m

    # Cap the size of the individual log files (in KiB).
    max log size = 1000

    # If you want Samba to only log through syslog then set the following
    # parameter to 'yes'.
    # syslog only = no

    # We want Samba to log a minimum amount of information to syslog. Everything
    # should go to /var/log/samba/log.{smbd,nmbd} instead. If you want to log
    # through syslog you should set the following parameter to something higher.
    syslog = 0

    # Do something sensible when Samba crashes: mail the admin a backtrace
    panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d


    ####### Authentication #######

    # Server role. Defines in which mode Samba will operate. Possible
    # values are "standalone server", "member server", "classic primary
    # domain controller", "classic backup domain controller", "active
    # directory domain controller".
    #
    # Most people will want "standalone sever" or "member server".
    # Running as "active directory domain controller" will require first
    # running "samba-tool domain provision" to wipe databases and create a
    # new domain.
    server role = standalone server

    # If you are using encrypted passwords, Samba will need to know what
    # password database type you are using.
    ; passdb backend = tdbsam

    obey pam restrictions = yes

    # This boolean parameter controls whether Samba attempts to sync the Unix
    # password with the SMB password when the encrypted SMB password in the
    # passdb is changed.
    unix password sync = yes

    # For Unix password sync to work on a Debian GNU/Linux system, the following
    # parameters must be set (thanks to Ian Kahan <<kahan@informatik.tu-muenchen.de> for
    # sending the correct chat script for the passwd program in Debian Sarge).
    passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
    passwd chat = *Entersnews*spassword:* %nn *Retypesnews*spassword:* %nn *passwordsupdatedssuccessfully* .

    # This boolean controls whether PAM will be used for password changes
    # when requested by an SMB client instead of the program listed in
    # 'passwd program'. The default is 'no'.
    pam password change = yes

    # This option controls how unsuccessful authentication attempts are mapped
    # to anonymous connections
    map to guest = bad user

    ########## Domains ###########

    #
    # The following settings only takes effect if 'server role = primary
    # classic domain controller', 'server role = backup domain controller'
    # or 'domain logons' is set
    #

    # It specifies the location of the user's
    # profile directory from the client point of view) The following
    # required a [profiles] share to be setup on the samba server (see
    # below)
    ; logon path = \%Nprofiles%U
    # Another common choice is storing the profile in the user's home directory
    # (this is Samba's default)
    # logon path = \%N%Uprofile

    # The following setting only takes effect if 'domain logons' is set
    # It specifies the location of a user's home directory (from the client
    # point of view)
    ; logon drive = H:
    # logon home = \%N%U

    # The following setting only takes effect if 'domain logons' is set
    # It specifies the script to run during logon. The script must be stored
    # in the [netlogon] share
    # NOTE: Must be store in 'DOS' file format convention
    ; logon script = logon.cmd

    # This allows Unix users to be created on the domain controller via the SAMR
    # RPC pipe. The example command creates a user account with a disabled Unix
    # password; please adapt to your needs
    ; add user script = /usr/sbin/adduser --quiet --disabled-password --gecos "" %u

    # This allows machine accounts to be created on the domain controller via the
    # SAMR RPC pipe.
    # The following assumes a "machines" group exists on the system
    ; add machine script = /usr/sbin/useradd -g machines -c "%u machine account" -d /var/lib/samba -s /bin/false %u

    # This allows Unix groups to be created on the domain controller via the SAMR
    # RPC pipe.
    ; add group script = /usr/sbin/addgroup --force-badname %g

    ############ Misc ############

    # Using the following line enables you to customise your configuration
    # on a per machine basis. The %m gets replaced with the netbios name
    # of the machine that is connecting
    ; include = /home/samba/etc/smb.conf.%m

    # Some defaults for winbind (make sure you're not using the ranges
    # for something else.)
    ; idmap uid = 10000-20000
    ; idmap gid = 10000-20000
    ; template shell = /bin/bash

    # Setup usershare options to enable non-root users to share folders
    # with the net usershare command.

    # Maximum number of usershare. 0 (default) means that usershare is disabled.
    ; usershare max shares = 100

    # Allow users who've been granted usershare privileges to create
    # public shares, not just authenticated ones
    usershare allow guests = yes
    username map = /etc/samba/smbusers
    security = user
    ; encrypt passwords = yes
    guest ok = yes
    guest account = smbguest

    #======================= Share Definitions =======================

    # Un-comment the following (and tweak the other settings below to suit)
    # to enable the default home directory shares. This will share each
    # user's home directory as \serverusername
    ;[homes]
    ; comment = Home Directories
    ; browseable = no

    # By default, the home directories are exported read-only. Change the
    # next parameter to 'no' if you want to be able to write to them.
    ; read only = yes

    # File creation mask is set to 0700 for security reasons. If you want to
    # create files with group=rw permissions, set next parameter to 0775.
    ; create mask = 0700

    # Directory creation mask is set to 0700 for security reasons. If you want to
    # create dirs. with group=rw permissions, set next parameter to 0775.
    ; directory mask = 0700

    # By default, \serverusername shares can be connected to by anyone
    # with access to the samba server.
    # Un-comment the following parameter to make sure that only "username"
    # can connect to \serverusername
    # This might need tweaking when using external authentication schemes
    ; valid users = %S

    # Un-comment the following and create the netlogon directory for Domain Logons
    # (you need to configure Samba to act as a domain controller too.)
    ;[netlogon]
    ; comment = Network Logon Service
    ; path = /home/samba/netlogon
    ; guest ok = yes
    ; read only = yes

    # Un-comment the following and create the profiles directory to store
    # users profiles (see the "logon path" option above)
    # (you need to configure Samba to act as a domain controller too.)
    # The path below should be writable by all users so that their
    # profile directory may be created the first time they log on
    ;[profiles]
    ; comment = Users profiles
    ; path = /home/samba/profiles
    ; guest ok = no
    ; browseable = no
    ; create mask = 0600
    ; directory mask = 0700

    [printers]
    comment = All Printers
    browseable = no
    path = /var/spool/samba
    printable = yes
    ; guest ok = no
    ; read only = yes
    create mask = 0700

    # Windows clients look for this share name as a source of downloadable
    # printer drivers
    [print$]
    comment = Printer Drivers
    path = /var/lib/samba/printers
    ; browseable = yes
    ; read only = yes
    ; guest ok = no
    # Uncomment to allow remote administration of Windows print drivers.
    # You may need to replace 'lpadmin' with the name of the group your
    # admin users are members of.
    # Please note that you also need to set appropriate Unix permissions
    # to the drivers directory for these users to have write rights in it
    ; write list = root, @lpadmin

    [TorrentsEl]
    path = /media/laurent06000/Elements/Torrents
    writeable = yes
    ; browseable = yes
    guest ok = yes

    [laurent06000]
    path = /home/laurent06000
    writeable = yes
    ; browseable = yes
    guest ok = yes


    In the global section I double checked that the workgroup = MSHOME is correct.



    THe laurent06000 share is visible fron Windows but the TorrentsElements is NOT (windows 8.1 tells me : "You do not have permission to access [PC]TorrentsElements"



    Any idea ?



    PS : here is my smbusers content :
    laurent06000 = Laurent06



    I must say I do not feel comfortable in choosing options in the Add Users option (Avahi, Daemon, Backup etc...) :
    Samba Users



    PS 2 :
    I noticed strange messages NT-* when issuing a smbstatus command.



    smbstatus



    Samba version 4.1.6-Ubuntu
    PID Username Group Machine
    -------------------------------------------------------------------
    Failed to initialize session_global: NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED

    Service pid machine Connected at
    -------------------------------------------------------
    Failed to initialize session_global: NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED
    Failed to traverse sessions: NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED

    No locked files


    Does anybody can explain those messages ?



    Thanks in advance,



    Laurent



    [Edit 1] : I've added the following lines to my smb.conf file :



    [Videos]
    comment = 705
    path = /media/laurent06000/705c48fd-e126-4af4-baea-f7692de7f138/home/laurent06000/Vidéos
    writeable = yes
    browseable = yes
    guest ok = yes



    [laur1]
    comment = 0cc
    path = /media/laurent06000/0cc3d633-b99e-4578-a54e-687afd200226/laurent06000
    writeable = yes
    browseable = yes
    guest ok = yes



    I double checked that all those shares [TorrentsEl] [Videos] ans [laur1], belongs to my ubuntu user (laurent06000) by using the command sudo chown -R laurent06000:laurent06000 at the "root" directory of each media present under directory /media/laurent06000.



    I still have the error message "You do not have permission to access [PC][share] except for the [laurent06000] path = /home/laurent06000 share.



    It drives me crazy.



    What is wrong in my smb.conf configuration ? Why am I able to access only the /home/laurent06000 share ?



    Note : my smbusers contents was changed to (but not by me) :



    # Unix_name = SMB_Name1 SMB_Name2 ...
    root = administrator
    nobody = guest smbguest pcguest
    Laurent06 = laurent06









    share|improve this question



























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      Here is my smb.conf file as obtained after using the "sudo system-config-samba" command



      #
      # Sample configuration file for the Samba suite for Debian GNU/Linux.
      #
      #
      # This is the main Samba configuration file. You should read the
      # smb.conf(5) manual page in order to understand the options listed
      # here. Samba has a huge number of configurable options most of which
      # are not shown in this example
      #
      # Some options that are often worth tuning have been included as
      # commented-out examples in this file.
      # - When such options are commented with ";", the proposed setting
      # differs from the default Samba behaviour
      # - When commented with "#", the proposed setting is the default
      # behaviour of Samba but the option is considered important
      # enough to be mentioned here
      #
      # NOTE: Whenever you modify this file you should run the command
      # "testparm" to check that you have not made any basic syntactic
      # errors.

      #======================= Global Settings =======================

      [global]

      ## Browsing/Identification ###

      # Change this to the workgroup/NT-domain name your Samba server will part of
      workgroup = MSHOME

      # server string is the equivalent of the NT Description field
      server string = %h server (Samba, Ubuntu)

      # Windows Internet Name Serving Support Section:
      # WINS Support - Tells the NMBD component of Samba to enable its WINS Server
      # wins support = no

      # WINS Server - Tells the NMBD components of Samba to be a WINS Client
      # Note: Samba can be either a WINS Server, or a WINS Client, but NOT both
      ; wins server = w.x.y.z

      # This will prevent nmbd to search for NetBIOS names through DNS.
      dns proxy = no

      #### Networking ####

      # The specific set of interfaces / networks to bind to
      # This can be either the interface name or an IP address/netmask;
      # interface names are normally preferred
      ; interfaces = 127.0.0.0/8 eth0

      # Only bind to the named interfaces and/or networks; you must use the
      # 'interfaces' option above to use this.
      # It is recommended that you enable this feature if your Samba machine is
      # not protected by a firewall or is a firewall itself. However, this
      # option cannot handle dynamic or non-broadcast interfaces correctly.
      ; bind interfaces only = yes



      #### Debugging/Accounting ####

      # This tells Samba to use a separate log file for each machine
      # that connects
      log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m

      # Cap the size of the individual log files (in KiB).
      max log size = 1000

      # If you want Samba to only log through syslog then set the following
      # parameter to 'yes'.
      # syslog only = no

      # We want Samba to log a minimum amount of information to syslog. Everything
      # should go to /var/log/samba/log.{smbd,nmbd} instead. If you want to log
      # through syslog you should set the following parameter to something higher.
      syslog = 0

      # Do something sensible when Samba crashes: mail the admin a backtrace
      panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d


      ####### Authentication #######

      # Server role. Defines in which mode Samba will operate. Possible
      # values are "standalone server", "member server", "classic primary
      # domain controller", "classic backup domain controller", "active
      # directory domain controller".
      #
      # Most people will want "standalone sever" or "member server".
      # Running as "active directory domain controller" will require first
      # running "samba-tool domain provision" to wipe databases and create a
      # new domain.
      server role = standalone server

      # If you are using encrypted passwords, Samba will need to know what
      # password database type you are using.
      ; passdb backend = tdbsam

      obey pam restrictions = yes

      # This boolean parameter controls whether Samba attempts to sync the Unix
      # password with the SMB password when the encrypted SMB password in the
      # passdb is changed.
      unix password sync = yes

      # For Unix password sync to work on a Debian GNU/Linux system, the following
      # parameters must be set (thanks to Ian Kahan <<kahan@informatik.tu-muenchen.de> for
      # sending the correct chat script for the passwd program in Debian Sarge).
      passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
      passwd chat = *Entersnews*spassword:* %nn *Retypesnews*spassword:* %nn *passwordsupdatedssuccessfully* .

      # This boolean controls whether PAM will be used for password changes
      # when requested by an SMB client instead of the program listed in
      # 'passwd program'. The default is 'no'.
      pam password change = yes

      # This option controls how unsuccessful authentication attempts are mapped
      # to anonymous connections
      map to guest = bad user

      ########## Domains ###########

      #
      # The following settings only takes effect if 'server role = primary
      # classic domain controller', 'server role = backup domain controller'
      # or 'domain logons' is set
      #

      # It specifies the location of the user's
      # profile directory from the client point of view) The following
      # required a [profiles] share to be setup on the samba server (see
      # below)
      ; logon path = \%Nprofiles%U
      # Another common choice is storing the profile in the user's home directory
      # (this is Samba's default)
      # logon path = \%N%Uprofile

      # The following setting only takes effect if 'domain logons' is set
      # It specifies the location of a user's home directory (from the client
      # point of view)
      ; logon drive = H:
      # logon home = \%N%U

      # The following setting only takes effect if 'domain logons' is set
      # It specifies the script to run during logon. The script must be stored
      # in the [netlogon] share
      # NOTE: Must be store in 'DOS' file format convention
      ; logon script = logon.cmd

      # This allows Unix users to be created on the domain controller via the SAMR
      # RPC pipe. The example command creates a user account with a disabled Unix
      # password; please adapt to your needs
      ; add user script = /usr/sbin/adduser --quiet --disabled-password --gecos "" %u

      # This allows machine accounts to be created on the domain controller via the
      # SAMR RPC pipe.
      # The following assumes a "machines" group exists on the system
      ; add machine script = /usr/sbin/useradd -g machines -c "%u machine account" -d /var/lib/samba -s /bin/false %u

      # This allows Unix groups to be created on the domain controller via the SAMR
      # RPC pipe.
      ; add group script = /usr/sbin/addgroup --force-badname %g

      ############ Misc ############

      # Using the following line enables you to customise your configuration
      # on a per machine basis. The %m gets replaced with the netbios name
      # of the machine that is connecting
      ; include = /home/samba/etc/smb.conf.%m

      # Some defaults for winbind (make sure you're not using the ranges
      # for something else.)
      ; idmap uid = 10000-20000
      ; idmap gid = 10000-20000
      ; template shell = /bin/bash

      # Setup usershare options to enable non-root users to share folders
      # with the net usershare command.

      # Maximum number of usershare. 0 (default) means that usershare is disabled.
      ; usershare max shares = 100

      # Allow users who've been granted usershare privileges to create
      # public shares, not just authenticated ones
      usershare allow guests = yes
      username map = /etc/samba/smbusers
      security = user
      ; encrypt passwords = yes
      guest ok = yes
      guest account = smbguest

      #======================= Share Definitions =======================

      # Un-comment the following (and tweak the other settings below to suit)
      # to enable the default home directory shares. This will share each
      # user's home directory as \serverusername
      ;[homes]
      ; comment = Home Directories
      ; browseable = no

      # By default, the home directories are exported read-only. Change the
      # next parameter to 'no' if you want to be able to write to them.
      ; read only = yes

      # File creation mask is set to 0700 for security reasons. If you want to
      # create files with group=rw permissions, set next parameter to 0775.
      ; create mask = 0700

      # Directory creation mask is set to 0700 for security reasons. If you want to
      # create dirs. with group=rw permissions, set next parameter to 0775.
      ; directory mask = 0700

      # By default, \serverusername shares can be connected to by anyone
      # with access to the samba server.
      # Un-comment the following parameter to make sure that only "username"
      # can connect to \serverusername
      # This might need tweaking when using external authentication schemes
      ; valid users = %S

      # Un-comment the following and create the netlogon directory for Domain Logons
      # (you need to configure Samba to act as a domain controller too.)
      ;[netlogon]
      ; comment = Network Logon Service
      ; path = /home/samba/netlogon
      ; guest ok = yes
      ; read only = yes

      # Un-comment the following and create the profiles directory to store
      # users profiles (see the "logon path" option above)
      # (you need to configure Samba to act as a domain controller too.)
      # The path below should be writable by all users so that their
      # profile directory may be created the first time they log on
      ;[profiles]
      ; comment = Users profiles
      ; path = /home/samba/profiles
      ; guest ok = no
      ; browseable = no
      ; create mask = 0600
      ; directory mask = 0700

      [printers]
      comment = All Printers
      browseable = no
      path = /var/spool/samba
      printable = yes
      ; guest ok = no
      ; read only = yes
      create mask = 0700

      # Windows clients look for this share name as a source of downloadable
      # printer drivers
      [print$]
      comment = Printer Drivers
      path = /var/lib/samba/printers
      ; browseable = yes
      ; read only = yes
      ; guest ok = no
      # Uncomment to allow remote administration of Windows print drivers.
      # You may need to replace 'lpadmin' with the name of the group your
      # admin users are members of.
      # Please note that you also need to set appropriate Unix permissions
      # to the drivers directory for these users to have write rights in it
      ; write list = root, @lpadmin

      [TorrentsEl]
      path = /media/laurent06000/Elements/Torrents
      writeable = yes
      ; browseable = yes
      guest ok = yes

      [laurent06000]
      path = /home/laurent06000
      writeable = yes
      ; browseable = yes
      guest ok = yes


      In the global section I double checked that the workgroup = MSHOME is correct.



      THe laurent06000 share is visible fron Windows but the TorrentsElements is NOT (windows 8.1 tells me : "You do not have permission to access [PC]TorrentsElements"



      Any idea ?



      PS : here is my smbusers content :
      laurent06000 = Laurent06



      I must say I do not feel comfortable in choosing options in the Add Users option (Avahi, Daemon, Backup etc...) :
      Samba Users



      PS 2 :
      I noticed strange messages NT-* when issuing a smbstatus command.



      smbstatus



      Samba version 4.1.6-Ubuntu
      PID Username Group Machine
      -------------------------------------------------------------------
      Failed to initialize session_global: NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED

      Service pid machine Connected at
      -------------------------------------------------------
      Failed to initialize session_global: NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED
      Failed to traverse sessions: NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED

      No locked files


      Does anybody can explain those messages ?



      Thanks in advance,



      Laurent



      [Edit 1] : I've added the following lines to my smb.conf file :



      [Videos]
      comment = 705
      path = /media/laurent06000/705c48fd-e126-4af4-baea-f7692de7f138/home/laurent06000/Vidéos
      writeable = yes
      browseable = yes
      guest ok = yes



      [laur1]
      comment = 0cc
      path = /media/laurent06000/0cc3d633-b99e-4578-a54e-687afd200226/laurent06000
      writeable = yes
      browseable = yes
      guest ok = yes



      I double checked that all those shares [TorrentsEl] [Videos] ans [laur1], belongs to my ubuntu user (laurent06000) by using the command sudo chown -R laurent06000:laurent06000 at the "root" directory of each media present under directory /media/laurent06000.



      I still have the error message "You do not have permission to access [PC][share] except for the [laurent06000] path = /home/laurent06000 share.



      It drives me crazy.



      What is wrong in my smb.conf configuration ? Why am I able to access only the /home/laurent06000 share ?



      Note : my smbusers contents was changed to (but not by me) :



      # Unix_name = SMB_Name1 SMB_Name2 ...
      root = administrator
      nobody = guest smbguest pcguest
      Laurent06 = laurent06









      share|improve this question
















      Here is my smb.conf file as obtained after using the "sudo system-config-samba" command



      #
      # Sample configuration file for the Samba suite for Debian GNU/Linux.
      #
      #
      # This is the main Samba configuration file. You should read the
      # smb.conf(5) manual page in order to understand the options listed
      # here. Samba has a huge number of configurable options most of which
      # are not shown in this example
      #
      # Some options that are often worth tuning have been included as
      # commented-out examples in this file.
      # - When such options are commented with ";", the proposed setting
      # differs from the default Samba behaviour
      # - When commented with "#", the proposed setting is the default
      # behaviour of Samba but the option is considered important
      # enough to be mentioned here
      #
      # NOTE: Whenever you modify this file you should run the command
      # "testparm" to check that you have not made any basic syntactic
      # errors.

      #======================= Global Settings =======================

      [global]

      ## Browsing/Identification ###

      # Change this to the workgroup/NT-domain name your Samba server will part of
      workgroup = MSHOME

      # server string is the equivalent of the NT Description field
      server string = %h server (Samba, Ubuntu)

      # Windows Internet Name Serving Support Section:
      # WINS Support - Tells the NMBD component of Samba to enable its WINS Server
      # wins support = no

      # WINS Server - Tells the NMBD components of Samba to be a WINS Client
      # Note: Samba can be either a WINS Server, or a WINS Client, but NOT both
      ; wins server = w.x.y.z

      # This will prevent nmbd to search for NetBIOS names through DNS.
      dns proxy = no

      #### Networking ####

      # The specific set of interfaces / networks to bind to
      # This can be either the interface name or an IP address/netmask;
      # interface names are normally preferred
      ; interfaces = 127.0.0.0/8 eth0

      # Only bind to the named interfaces and/or networks; you must use the
      # 'interfaces' option above to use this.
      # It is recommended that you enable this feature if your Samba machine is
      # not protected by a firewall or is a firewall itself. However, this
      # option cannot handle dynamic or non-broadcast interfaces correctly.
      ; bind interfaces only = yes



      #### Debugging/Accounting ####

      # This tells Samba to use a separate log file for each machine
      # that connects
      log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m

      # Cap the size of the individual log files (in KiB).
      max log size = 1000

      # If you want Samba to only log through syslog then set the following
      # parameter to 'yes'.
      # syslog only = no

      # We want Samba to log a minimum amount of information to syslog. Everything
      # should go to /var/log/samba/log.{smbd,nmbd} instead. If you want to log
      # through syslog you should set the following parameter to something higher.
      syslog = 0

      # Do something sensible when Samba crashes: mail the admin a backtrace
      panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d


      ####### Authentication #######

      # Server role. Defines in which mode Samba will operate. Possible
      # values are "standalone server", "member server", "classic primary
      # domain controller", "classic backup domain controller", "active
      # directory domain controller".
      #
      # Most people will want "standalone sever" or "member server".
      # Running as "active directory domain controller" will require first
      # running "samba-tool domain provision" to wipe databases and create a
      # new domain.
      server role = standalone server

      # If you are using encrypted passwords, Samba will need to know what
      # password database type you are using.
      ; passdb backend = tdbsam

      obey pam restrictions = yes

      # This boolean parameter controls whether Samba attempts to sync the Unix
      # password with the SMB password when the encrypted SMB password in the
      # passdb is changed.
      unix password sync = yes

      # For Unix password sync to work on a Debian GNU/Linux system, the following
      # parameters must be set (thanks to Ian Kahan <<kahan@informatik.tu-muenchen.de> for
      # sending the correct chat script for the passwd program in Debian Sarge).
      passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
      passwd chat = *Entersnews*spassword:* %nn *Retypesnews*spassword:* %nn *passwordsupdatedssuccessfully* .

      # This boolean controls whether PAM will be used for password changes
      # when requested by an SMB client instead of the program listed in
      # 'passwd program'. The default is 'no'.
      pam password change = yes

      # This option controls how unsuccessful authentication attempts are mapped
      # to anonymous connections
      map to guest = bad user

      ########## Domains ###########

      #
      # The following settings only takes effect if 'server role = primary
      # classic domain controller', 'server role = backup domain controller'
      # or 'domain logons' is set
      #

      # It specifies the location of the user's
      # profile directory from the client point of view) The following
      # required a [profiles] share to be setup on the samba server (see
      # below)
      ; logon path = \%Nprofiles%U
      # Another common choice is storing the profile in the user's home directory
      # (this is Samba's default)
      # logon path = \%N%Uprofile

      # The following setting only takes effect if 'domain logons' is set
      # It specifies the location of a user's home directory (from the client
      # point of view)
      ; logon drive = H:
      # logon home = \%N%U

      # The following setting only takes effect if 'domain logons' is set
      # It specifies the script to run during logon. The script must be stored
      # in the [netlogon] share
      # NOTE: Must be store in 'DOS' file format convention
      ; logon script = logon.cmd

      # This allows Unix users to be created on the domain controller via the SAMR
      # RPC pipe. The example command creates a user account with a disabled Unix
      # password; please adapt to your needs
      ; add user script = /usr/sbin/adduser --quiet --disabled-password --gecos "" %u

      # This allows machine accounts to be created on the domain controller via the
      # SAMR RPC pipe.
      # The following assumes a "machines" group exists on the system
      ; add machine script = /usr/sbin/useradd -g machines -c "%u machine account" -d /var/lib/samba -s /bin/false %u

      # This allows Unix groups to be created on the domain controller via the SAMR
      # RPC pipe.
      ; add group script = /usr/sbin/addgroup --force-badname %g

      ############ Misc ############

      # Using the following line enables you to customise your configuration
      # on a per machine basis. The %m gets replaced with the netbios name
      # of the machine that is connecting
      ; include = /home/samba/etc/smb.conf.%m

      # Some defaults for winbind (make sure you're not using the ranges
      # for something else.)
      ; idmap uid = 10000-20000
      ; idmap gid = 10000-20000
      ; template shell = /bin/bash

      # Setup usershare options to enable non-root users to share folders
      # with the net usershare command.

      # Maximum number of usershare. 0 (default) means that usershare is disabled.
      ; usershare max shares = 100

      # Allow users who've been granted usershare privileges to create
      # public shares, not just authenticated ones
      usershare allow guests = yes
      username map = /etc/samba/smbusers
      security = user
      ; encrypt passwords = yes
      guest ok = yes
      guest account = smbguest

      #======================= Share Definitions =======================

      # Un-comment the following (and tweak the other settings below to suit)
      # to enable the default home directory shares. This will share each
      # user's home directory as \serverusername
      ;[homes]
      ; comment = Home Directories
      ; browseable = no

      # By default, the home directories are exported read-only. Change the
      # next parameter to 'no' if you want to be able to write to them.
      ; read only = yes

      # File creation mask is set to 0700 for security reasons. If you want to
      # create files with group=rw permissions, set next parameter to 0775.
      ; create mask = 0700

      # Directory creation mask is set to 0700 for security reasons. If you want to
      # create dirs. with group=rw permissions, set next parameter to 0775.
      ; directory mask = 0700

      # By default, \serverusername shares can be connected to by anyone
      # with access to the samba server.
      # Un-comment the following parameter to make sure that only "username"
      # can connect to \serverusername
      # This might need tweaking when using external authentication schemes
      ; valid users = %S

      # Un-comment the following and create the netlogon directory for Domain Logons
      # (you need to configure Samba to act as a domain controller too.)
      ;[netlogon]
      ; comment = Network Logon Service
      ; path = /home/samba/netlogon
      ; guest ok = yes
      ; read only = yes

      # Un-comment the following and create the profiles directory to store
      # users profiles (see the "logon path" option above)
      # (you need to configure Samba to act as a domain controller too.)
      # The path below should be writable by all users so that their
      # profile directory may be created the first time they log on
      ;[profiles]
      ; comment = Users profiles
      ; path = /home/samba/profiles
      ; guest ok = no
      ; browseable = no
      ; create mask = 0600
      ; directory mask = 0700

      [printers]
      comment = All Printers
      browseable = no
      path = /var/spool/samba
      printable = yes
      ; guest ok = no
      ; read only = yes
      create mask = 0700

      # Windows clients look for this share name as a source of downloadable
      # printer drivers
      [print$]
      comment = Printer Drivers
      path = /var/lib/samba/printers
      ; browseable = yes
      ; read only = yes
      ; guest ok = no
      # Uncomment to allow remote administration of Windows print drivers.
      # You may need to replace 'lpadmin' with the name of the group your
      # admin users are members of.
      # Please note that you also need to set appropriate Unix permissions
      # to the drivers directory for these users to have write rights in it
      ; write list = root, @lpadmin

      [TorrentsEl]
      path = /media/laurent06000/Elements/Torrents
      writeable = yes
      ; browseable = yes
      guest ok = yes

      [laurent06000]
      path = /home/laurent06000
      writeable = yes
      ; browseable = yes
      guest ok = yes


      In the global section I double checked that the workgroup = MSHOME is correct.



      THe laurent06000 share is visible fron Windows but the TorrentsElements is NOT (windows 8.1 tells me : "You do not have permission to access [PC]TorrentsElements"



      Any idea ?



      PS : here is my smbusers content :
      laurent06000 = Laurent06



      I must say I do not feel comfortable in choosing options in the Add Users option (Avahi, Daemon, Backup etc...) :
      Samba Users



      PS 2 :
      I noticed strange messages NT-* when issuing a smbstatus command.



      smbstatus



      Samba version 4.1.6-Ubuntu
      PID Username Group Machine
      -------------------------------------------------------------------
      Failed to initialize session_global: NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED

      Service pid machine Connected at
      -------------------------------------------------------
      Failed to initialize session_global: NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED
      Failed to traverse sessions: NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED

      No locked files


      Does anybody can explain those messages ?



      Thanks in advance,



      Laurent



      [Edit 1] : I've added the following lines to my smb.conf file :



      [Videos]
      comment = 705
      path = /media/laurent06000/705c48fd-e126-4af4-baea-f7692de7f138/home/laurent06000/Vidéos
      writeable = yes
      browseable = yes
      guest ok = yes



      [laur1]
      comment = 0cc
      path = /media/laurent06000/0cc3d633-b99e-4578-a54e-687afd200226/laurent06000
      writeable = yes
      browseable = yes
      guest ok = yes



      I double checked that all those shares [TorrentsEl] [Videos] ans [laur1], belongs to my ubuntu user (laurent06000) by using the command sudo chown -R laurent06000:laurent06000 at the "root" directory of each media present under directory /media/laurent06000.



      I still have the error message "You do not have permission to access [PC][share] except for the [laurent06000] path = /home/laurent06000 share.



      It drives me crazy.



      What is wrong in my smb.conf configuration ? Why am I able to access only the /home/laurent06000 share ?



      Note : my smbusers contents was changed to (but not by me) :



      # Unix_name = SMB_Name1 SMB_Name2 ...
      root = administrator
      nobody = guest smbguest pcguest
      Laurent06 = laurent06






      14.04 networking samba






      share|improve this question















      share|improve this question













      share|improve this question




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          https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/samba/+bug/1292548



          Hope this helps






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          • I have no issues on 14.10 (although I see you use 14.04) sharing with 8.1. Did you change workgroup name in Windows? The default is WORKGROUP

            – geoffmcc
            Jan 28 '15 at 20:58













          • Also the problem with torrent share may be it's in media, and that requires sudo. You may want to chown /media/laurent06000/Elements/Torrents to another user so does not require sudo. It would be something like chown -R user:user /media/laurent06000/Elements/Torrents

            – geoffmcc
            Jan 28 '15 at 21:08













          • /media/laurent06000/Elements/Torrents is actualy a USB drive.

            – Laurent06000
            Jan 29 '15 at 20:21











          • I tried to sudo chmod a+w Elements from /media/laurent06000 but this does not make the change to the Elements directory. Same result if I try to apply a chmod a+rw Torrents from /media/laurent/Elements. I'm getting confused. Is it because Elements is a USB drive formated in NTFS format ?

            – Laurent06000
            Jan 29 '15 at 20:41











          • I of course changed the Windows Workgroup name to MSHOME.

            – Laurent06000
            Jan 31 '15 at 15:55












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          • I have no issues on 14.10 (although I see you use 14.04) sharing with 8.1. Did you change workgroup name in Windows? The default is WORKGROUP

            – geoffmcc
            Jan 28 '15 at 20:58













          • Also the problem with torrent share may be it's in media, and that requires sudo. You may want to chown /media/laurent06000/Elements/Torrents to another user so does not require sudo. It would be something like chown -R user:user /media/laurent06000/Elements/Torrents

            – geoffmcc
            Jan 28 '15 at 21:08













          • /media/laurent06000/Elements/Torrents is actualy a USB drive.

            – Laurent06000
            Jan 29 '15 at 20:21











          • I tried to sudo chmod a+w Elements from /media/laurent06000 but this does not make the change to the Elements directory. Same result if I try to apply a chmod a+rw Torrents from /media/laurent/Elements. I'm getting confused. Is it because Elements is a USB drive formated in NTFS format ?

            – Laurent06000
            Jan 29 '15 at 20:41











          • I of course changed the Windows Workgroup name to MSHOME.

            – Laurent06000
            Jan 31 '15 at 15:55
















          0














          This seems to be a bug in ubuntu:



          https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/samba/+bug/1292548



          Hope this helps






          share|improve this answer
























          • I have no issues on 14.10 (although I see you use 14.04) sharing with 8.1. Did you change workgroup name in Windows? The default is WORKGROUP

            – geoffmcc
            Jan 28 '15 at 20:58













          • Also the problem with torrent share may be it's in media, and that requires sudo. You may want to chown /media/laurent06000/Elements/Torrents to another user so does not require sudo. It would be something like chown -R user:user /media/laurent06000/Elements/Torrents

            – geoffmcc
            Jan 28 '15 at 21:08













          • /media/laurent06000/Elements/Torrents is actualy a USB drive.

            – Laurent06000
            Jan 29 '15 at 20:21











          • I tried to sudo chmod a+w Elements from /media/laurent06000 but this does not make the change to the Elements directory. Same result if I try to apply a chmod a+rw Torrents from /media/laurent/Elements. I'm getting confused. Is it because Elements is a USB drive formated in NTFS format ?

            – Laurent06000
            Jan 29 '15 at 20:41











          • I of course changed the Windows Workgroup name to MSHOME.

            – Laurent06000
            Jan 31 '15 at 15:55














          0












          0








          0







          This seems to be a bug in ubuntu:



          https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/samba/+bug/1292548



          Hope this helps






          share|improve this answer













          This seems to be a bug in ubuntu:



          https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/samba/+bug/1292548



          Hope this helps







          share|improve this answer












          share|improve this answer



          share|improve this answer










          answered Jan 28 '15 at 19:48









          Trevor ClarkeTrevor Clarke

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          791417













          • I have no issues on 14.10 (although I see you use 14.04) sharing with 8.1. Did you change workgroup name in Windows? The default is WORKGROUP

            – geoffmcc
            Jan 28 '15 at 20:58













          • Also the problem with torrent share may be it's in media, and that requires sudo. You may want to chown /media/laurent06000/Elements/Torrents to another user so does not require sudo. It would be something like chown -R user:user /media/laurent06000/Elements/Torrents

            – geoffmcc
            Jan 28 '15 at 21:08













          • /media/laurent06000/Elements/Torrents is actualy a USB drive.

            – Laurent06000
            Jan 29 '15 at 20:21











          • I tried to sudo chmod a+w Elements from /media/laurent06000 but this does not make the change to the Elements directory. Same result if I try to apply a chmod a+rw Torrents from /media/laurent/Elements. I'm getting confused. Is it because Elements is a USB drive formated in NTFS format ?

            – Laurent06000
            Jan 29 '15 at 20:41











          • I of course changed the Windows Workgroup name to MSHOME.

            – Laurent06000
            Jan 31 '15 at 15:55



















          • I have no issues on 14.10 (although I see you use 14.04) sharing with 8.1. Did you change workgroup name in Windows? The default is WORKGROUP

            – geoffmcc
            Jan 28 '15 at 20:58













          • Also the problem with torrent share may be it's in media, and that requires sudo. You may want to chown /media/laurent06000/Elements/Torrents to another user so does not require sudo. It would be something like chown -R user:user /media/laurent06000/Elements/Torrents

            – geoffmcc
            Jan 28 '15 at 21:08













          • /media/laurent06000/Elements/Torrents is actualy a USB drive.

            – Laurent06000
            Jan 29 '15 at 20:21











          • I tried to sudo chmod a+w Elements from /media/laurent06000 but this does not make the change to the Elements directory. Same result if I try to apply a chmod a+rw Torrents from /media/laurent/Elements. I'm getting confused. Is it because Elements is a USB drive formated in NTFS format ?

            – Laurent06000
            Jan 29 '15 at 20:41











          • I of course changed the Windows Workgroup name to MSHOME.

            – Laurent06000
            Jan 31 '15 at 15:55

















          I have no issues on 14.10 (although I see you use 14.04) sharing with 8.1. Did you change workgroup name in Windows? The default is WORKGROUP

          – geoffmcc
          Jan 28 '15 at 20:58







          I have no issues on 14.10 (although I see you use 14.04) sharing with 8.1. Did you change workgroup name in Windows? The default is WORKGROUP

          – geoffmcc
          Jan 28 '15 at 20:58















          Also the problem with torrent share may be it's in media, and that requires sudo. You may want to chown /media/laurent06000/Elements/Torrents to another user so does not require sudo. It would be something like chown -R user:user /media/laurent06000/Elements/Torrents

          – geoffmcc
          Jan 28 '15 at 21:08







          Also the problem with torrent share may be it's in media, and that requires sudo. You may want to chown /media/laurent06000/Elements/Torrents to another user so does not require sudo. It would be something like chown -R user:user /media/laurent06000/Elements/Torrents

          – geoffmcc
          Jan 28 '15 at 21:08















          /media/laurent06000/Elements/Torrents is actualy a USB drive.

          – Laurent06000
          Jan 29 '15 at 20:21





          /media/laurent06000/Elements/Torrents is actualy a USB drive.

          – Laurent06000
          Jan 29 '15 at 20:21













          I tried to sudo chmod a+w Elements from /media/laurent06000 but this does not make the change to the Elements directory. Same result if I try to apply a chmod a+rw Torrents from /media/laurent/Elements. I'm getting confused. Is it because Elements is a USB drive formated in NTFS format ?

          – Laurent06000
          Jan 29 '15 at 20:41





          I tried to sudo chmod a+w Elements from /media/laurent06000 but this does not make the change to the Elements directory. Same result if I try to apply a chmod a+rw Torrents from /media/laurent/Elements. I'm getting confused. Is it because Elements is a USB drive formated in NTFS format ?

          – Laurent06000
          Jan 29 '15 at 20:41













          I of course changed the Windows Workgroup name to MSHOME.

          – Laurent06000
          Jan 31 '15 at 15:55





          I of course changed the Windows Workgroup name to MSHOME.

          – Laurent06000
          Jan 31 '15 at 15:55


















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