How to add permissions to windows user in samba on ubuntu server

windows ubuntu samba

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To be thorough:

First, create a samba user if you haven't already:

useradd sambauser
smbpasswd -a sambauser

Enter and confirm the password for sambauser.

Change that part of your /etc/samba/smb.conf to this:

[share]
comment = Ubuntu File Server Share
path = /srv/samba/share
valid users = sambauser
browsable = yes
writable = yes
write list = sambauser
create mask = 0755

Make sure that the directory and everything that might be inside has the proper ownership and permissions:

chown -R sambauser:sambauser /srv/samba/share
chmod -R 755 /srv/samba/share

Make sure that you have allowed samba through selinux with this command if it is enabled. If selinux is not enabled then you can skip this part:

chcon -R -t  samba_share_t /srv/samba/share

Lastly, make sure that the ports are open for samba on the firewall.

firewall-cmd --permanent --zone=public --add-port=445/tcp
firewall-cmd --permanent --zone=public --add-port=139/tcp
firewall-cmd --reload
systemctl restart firewalld

If using `iptables:

iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 445 -j ACCEPT
iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 139 -j ACCEPT
iptables-save
iptables-restore

Restart the samba service and then log in with the credentials of sambauser.

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Matthew Tranmer

Updated on September 18, 2022

Comments

Matthew Tranmer over 1 year
I have this samba network drive configured in ubuntu server for my windows computer and i want to make it so i can read/write but other users can not read or write to the network drive. How can i edit the smb.conf so i can do this? this is my smb.conf at the moment:
```
[share]
    comment = Ubuntu File Server Share
    path = /srv/samba/share
    browsable = yes
    guest ok = yes
    read only = no
    create mask = 0755
```
Matthew Tranmer over 5 years

i get a error when i try to access it it says: \\192.168.1.144\fileserver is not accessible
Eric Jurgens over 5 years

make sure that the share path is owned by the user
Matthew Tranmer over 5 years

how do i do that?
Eric Jurgens over 5 years

use the chown command to change owner of a file or folder. Look at the chown man page if you have questions about how to use chown.
Matthew Tranmer over 5 years

i get a error when running chcon -R -t samba_share_t /srv/samba/share. the error says: chcon: can't apply partial context to unlabeled file 'Misc'
Nasir Riley over 5 years

@matthewtranmer Is selinux enabled on your system?
Matthew Tranmer over 5 years

no it is not, how do i enable it?
Nasir Riley over 5 years

@matthewtranmer If it's not enabled then you can skip that part. I'll update the answer and you can go ahead and connect if you've done everything else. Be sure that you restart the samba service first.
Matthew Tranmer over 5 years

i still get the error message
Nasir Riley over 5 years

@matthewtranmer What error?
Matthew Tranmer over 5 years

when i try to access it on windows i get a error message saying (in brief) \\192.168.1.144\share is not accessible
Nasir Riley over 5 years

@matthewtranmer Make sure that samba is allowed through the firewall via my update. Then make sure that either firewalld or iptables are reloaded/restarted and that samba is also restarted. To be sure, run netstat -tanp | grep smb and make sure that smbd is listening.