Re: Problem with F7 and Samba 3.0.27

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Phil Wherry wrote:
> Greetings!
>
> I've been using Samba successfully for years, but I've run into a
> problem for which I could use some expert debugging ideas.
>
> I've got a Fedora 7 server sharing the root of its filesystem. I've
> been using "force user = root" in the smb.conf file so that filesystem
> permissions are never an issue (this is a single-user machine on an
> isolated network, so security isn't really a concern). This worked
> fine until recently.
>
> I updated recently to Samba 3.0.27 (using the standard "yum update"
> mechanism on Fedora to pick up new packages). I don't know exactly
> what I was running before, but I presume it was some version of
> 3.0.26; I apply updates regularly. I didn't find any mention of
> changed "force user" behavior in the 3.0.27 release notes.
>
> In any case, I can still authenticate, and I can still access the
> filesystem, but not with root's permissions (nor those of the user who
> authenticates). I've checked logs (at both normal and elevated
> debugging levels) and can't see any obvious evidence of a problem. But
> clearly smbd is now having problems assuming the identity of the root
> user.
>
> Can anyone offer suggestions as to how I might seek to isolate the
> source of this problem?
>
> Here's the relevant section of the smb.conf file. As I mentioned
> earlier, I can authenticate without difficulty; I just don't get the
> right set of permissions after doing so. SELinux is off, so that's not
> the cause.
>
> [gwroot]
>     browseable = yes
>     writable = yes
>     path = /
>     guest ok = no
>     comment = Root
>     valid users = psw
>     force user = root
>
> Thanks for any suggestions!
>
> Phil Wherry
With each update of Samba, there's always a slight risk of samba.conf
options changing slightly.  I recommending running the samba suite
"testparm" command to see if anything gets flagged.

Eric Feldhusen


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