I have set up a SMB share on Centos for all users. This share is available and working correctly. Guide followed -> CentOS 6.4 Samba Standalone Server With tdbsam Backend
Procedure:
For diagnostic purposes I have Disabled SELINUX and iptables (disabled selinux in config file then rebooted machine)
//Disbale iptables
service iptables stop
//set runlevel on smb
chkconfig --levels 235 smb on
/etc/init.d/smb start
//Create folder and set file permissions for share
mkdir -p /home/shares/allusers
chown -R root:users /home/shares/allusers/
chmod -R ug+rwx,o+rx-w /home/shares/allusers/
Config added to smb.conf
[allusers]
comment = All Users
path = /home/shares/allusers
valid users = @users
force group = users
create mask - 0660
directory mask = 0771
writable = yes
Restart samba
//Restart samba
service smb restart
Add User
//Add user
useradd <username> -m -G users
//Set password for user
passwd <username>
//Set samba password
smbpasswd -a <username>
In this scenario the share is available and working correctly. However if I try this exact process on an ext4 partition mounted under /mnt/mediaHardDrive the share shows in an smb browser, but is unavailable. It appears the authentication is not correct.
Any suggestions?
---------- EDIT ----------
Curiously, if I mount the ext4 partition within the /home/shares/allusers directory, the hard drive is assessable.
Ideally this is not how I would like to do this, so if anyone has any suggestions they will be gratefully received.
