Krdytkyu

I have a quick question in regards to Samba share. I have recently built an Ubuntu server and moved all my previous Windows NTFS HDD into the server. My goal is to share all 4 HDD to utilize on my other Windows machines and to share through Plex media server. I have shared the HDD through Ubuntu but I can't change permissions and even when trying to manually configure through smb.conf I can't get the permissions to successfully change. I have attached what I have configured in the smb.conf. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Here is the rest of the smb.conf for reference.

[global]



   workgroup = WORKGROUP

   server string = %h server (Samba, Ubuntu)

   wins support = yes

   dns proxy = no







   log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m

   max log size = 1000



   syslog = 0

   panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d





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





  security = user

  encrypt passwords = true

  passdb backend = tdbsam

  obey pam restrictions = yes

  unix password sync = yes





  passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u

  passwd chat = *Entersnews*spassword:* %nn *Retypesnews*spassword:* %nn     *passwordsupdatedssuccessfully* .



  pam password change = yes



  map to guest = bad user





#======================= Share Definitions =======================



  realm = localdomain

  server role = domain controller

  server services = +smb -s3fs

  dcerpc endpoint servers = -winreg -srvsvc

[printers]

  comment = All Printers

  browseable = no

  path = /var/spool/samba

  printable = yes

  guest ok = no

  read only = yes

  create mask = 0700





[print$]

  comment = Printer Drivers

  path = /var/lib/samba/printers

  browseable = yes

  read only = yes

  guest ok = no





# Ross's Shares

[share]

    comment = home

    path = /home/roce/Downloads

    browsable = yes

    guest ok = yes

    read only = no

    create mask = 0777



[share]

    comment = SDB - Data

    path = /home/roce/Data

    browsable = yes

    guest ok = yes

    read only = no

    create mask = 0777



[share]

    comment = SDC - Movies

    path = /home/roce/Movies

    browsable = yes

    guest ok = yes

    read only = no

    create mask = 0777



[share]

    comment = SDD - TV Shows

    path = /home/roce/TV Shows

    browsable = yes

    guest ok = yes

    read only = no

    create mask = 0777



[share]

    comment = SDE

    path = /home/roce/Data

    browsable = yes

    guest ok = yes

    read only = no

    create mask = 0777



[sysvol]

  path = /var/lib/samba/sysvol

  read only = no



[netlogon]

  path = /var/lib/samba/sysvol/localdomain/scripts

  read only = no

Your file system permissions need to allow access as well (system > samba). For NTFS, the permissions are determined by the way you mount it. Try:

sudo umount /desired/path

sudo mount -t ntfs -o rw,auto,user,fmask=0022,dmask=0000,exec /dev/desired/path /mnt/desired/path

From the mount man page: "By default, the files are owned by root and not readable by somebody else." You could also try ntfs3g: http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/oneiric/man8/ntfs-3g.8.html#contenttoc, but the best option might be to modify your fstab using the permissions option:

sudo umount /desired/path

sudo blkid

sudo gedit /etc/fstab

The blkid command is to find the partition UUID. Edit the entry in fstab like this:

    # change the "UUID" to your partition UUID

    UUID=12102C02102CEB83 /media/windows ntfs-3g auto,users,permissions 0 0

Lastly, make a mount point and mount the external hard drive:

sudo mkdir /media/windows

mount /media/windows

The "auto" option will automatically mount the partition when you boot, and the "users" option will allow users to mount and umount. If it were not an NTFS drive, you could try this from terminal:

sudo chmod -R 775 /desired/path

Credits: How do I use 'chmod' on an NTFS (or FAT32) partition?