Samba recycle bin per user?

Question

I am looking to solve my issue with Samba recycle bin..

I have users a1, a2, and a3, they all belong to group companya.

A samba server with the following configuration.

[global]
   workgroup = WORKGROUP
   server string = %h server (Samba, Ubuntu)
   dns proxy = no
   log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
   max log size = 1000

# for syslog logging the following parameter to something higher.
   syslog = 0

# Do something sensible when Samba crashes: mail the admin a backtrace
   panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d

####### Authentication #######

   server role = standalone server
   passdb backend = tdbsam
   obey pam restrictions = no
   unix password sync = yes

# For Unix password sync to work on a Debian GNU/Linux system, the following
   passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u


[Company-A]
   comment = Company A Files
   path = /samba/share/companya
   guest ok = no
   browseable = yes
   create mask = 0775
   directory mask = 0775
   writable = yes
   valid users = +companya
   vfs object = recycle:recycle full_audit:audit
   recycle:repository = .trash/%U
   recycle:maxsize = 0
   recycle:versions = Yes
   recycle:keeptree = Yes
   recycle:touch = No
   recycle:directory_mode = 0775

My issue is that I end up with the following after user a2 deletes his first file.

Share - Trash Viewable:

Trash - Users Recycling Folder View:

However when user a1 deletes a file... user a1's trash does not appear. Has anyone come across this before?

It seems like only the person who first deletes a first deletes a file gets a recycle bin.

I need to get each user their own folder without having to manually create them.

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 14 '16 at 01:59

It may not be a perfect solution, however I noticed that the .trash folder was created by user a2 with a primary group of NOT companya but a2 with the permissions rwxrwxr-x which means that a1 (an everybody) does not have permissions to create his trash bin label ./trash/a1.

rwxrwxr-x  a2  a2  -->  .trash/

therefore changing the share configuration to the following:

[Company-A]
   comment = Company A Files
   path = /samba/share/companya
   guest ok = no
   browseable = yes
   create mask = 0777
   directory mask = 0777
   writable = yes
   valid users = +companya
   vfs object = recycle:recycle full_audit:audit
   recycle:repository = .trash/%U
   recycle:maxsize = 0
   recycle:versions = Yes
   recycle:keeptree = Yes
   recycle:touch = No
   recycle:directory_mode = 0704

allows the .trash bin to be created with rwxrwxrwx allowing access to other users to write their trash bins retaining the ability to read others trash bins.

Samba recycle bin per user?

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