[GTALUG] Permission Issue Ubuntu 16.04

Stephen stephen-d at rogers.com
Tue Sep 20 20:25:04 EDT 2016


On 2016-09-11 11:59 AM, Nigel Auger via talk wrote:
> This suggestion is a bit of a stab in the dark based on a hunch but make
> sure your user exists as a samba user. Try the following:
>
> sudo smbpasswd -a userid
>
> Then enter your user password when prompted. Obviously you can skip the
> "sudo" if you are logged in as root or using a distro that doesn't use
> sudo (PCLinuxOS).

I found the solution. I did this so long ago I forgot. :)

I added this section to samba.conf

[photography]
	comment = Photography
	path = /big0/photography
	writeable = yes
;	browseable = yes
	guest ok = yes
         force user = stephen
         force group = stephen






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