[ale] SAMBA is driving me nuts

[Michael H. Warfield]

On Wed, 2014-06-11 at 10:58 -0500, Preston wrote:
> Ah, probably I'm the confused one. I had assumed that sshfs was just the
> handler for samba. I'm taking it as that is not the case.

No, that's not the case at all.  sshfs is a fuse file system exported
over ssh.  Samba is smb file system server and utilities suite for
supporting Windows clients.

> options?

Regards,
Mike

> On 6/11/2014 10:47 AM, JD wrote:
> > 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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