[ale] SAMBA is driving me nuts

JD jdp at algoloma.com
Wed Jun 11 11:47:49 EDT 2014


I'm confused - are you using samba or sshfs?

sshfs does NOT implement everything that a POSIX file system should have.
Usually it is "good enough", but not always, especially with file locking, IME.
Vboxsf also has a similar issue.


On 06/11/2014 11:03 AM, Preston wrote:
> Hey folks,
> 
> I have a remote samba machine that I connect to via SSHFS.  I created a
> specific user ("indy") that will be used for this connection and that
> user is in all the groups I believe it should be:
> 
> indy at remote-srv-05:~$ groups
> users ssh sambashare indy
> 
> The issue I am having seems to be when Microsoft Office or Adobe
> products create a .tmp file as they are saving.  When I am using these I
> get a "disk is full" error.  I can see a "~WRD0003.tmp" file being
> created on the server via my explorer window.  This (of course)
> disappears when the file fails to save.
> 
> I've created new text files directly on the server and edited/saved them
> several times using simple text editors (notepad, Notepad++) and
> LibreOffice (the temp file it creates works "correctly" I suppose).
> 
> This server will be predominately used by our Macs with a few Windows
> machines connecting on occasion.
> 
> How are you setting up your smb.conf to allow Word/Photoshop/InDesign to
> work correctly?
> 
> Here is my smb.conf file:
> 
> #======================= Global Settings =======================
> [global]
> workgroup = COOLKIDZ
> server string = %h server
> include = /etc/samba/dhcp.conf
> dns proxy = no
> log level = 2
> syslog = 2
> log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
> max log size = 1000
> syslog only = yes
> panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d
> encrypt passwords = true
> passdb backend = tdbsam
> obey pam restrictions = yes
> unix password sync = no
> passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
> passwd chat = *Enter\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n
> *Retype\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *password\supdated\ssuccessfully* .
> pam password change = yes
> socket options = TCP_NODELAY IPTOS_LOWDELAY
> guest account = nobody
> load printers = no
> disable spoolss = yes
> printing = bsd
> printcap name = /dev/null
> unix extensions = yes
> wide links = no
> create mask = 0777
> directory mask = 0777
> use sendfile = yes
> aio read size = 16384
> aio write size = 16384
> null passwords = no
> local master = yes
> time server = no
> wins support = no
> 
> #======================= Share Definitions =======================
> [Server5]
> comment = File Storage
> path = /media/14dccf1f-2af9-4a7d-ad14-86536398b0a6/Server5/
> guest ok = no
> read only = no
> browseable = yes
> inherit acls = yes
> inherit permissions = no
> ea support = no
> store dos attributes = no
> printable = no
> create mask = 0766
> force create mode = 0766
> directory mask = 0766
> force directory mode = 0766
> hide dot files = yes
> valid users = "preston","indy",@"preston",@"indy"
> invalid users =
> read list =
> write list = "preston","indy",@"preston",@"indy"
> 
> 


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