Problem with F7 and Samba 3.0.27

[Phil Wherry]

Eric,

Thanks. I should have mentioned in my original email that "testparm"  
worked fine, and that it shows the "force user" directive as I'd expect.

Phil


On Nov 20, 2007, at 9:48 PM, Eric Feldhusen wrote:

> Phil Wherry wrote:
>> Greetings!
>>
>> I've been using Samba successfully for years, but I've run into a
>> problem for which I could use some expert debugging ideas.
>>
>> I've got a Fedora 7 server sharing the root of its filesystem. I've
>> been using "force user = root" in the smb.conf file so that  
>> filesystem
>> permissions are never an issue (this is a single-user machine on an
>> isolated network, so security isn't really a concern). This worked
>> fine until recently.
>>
>> I updated recently to Samba 3.0.27 (using the standard "yum update"
>> mechanism on Fedora to pick up new packages). I don't know exactly
>> what I was running before, but I presume it was some version of
>> 3.0.26; I apply updates regularly. I didn't find any mention of
>> changed "force user" behavior in the 3.0.27 release notes.
>>
>> In any case, I can still authenticate, and I can still access the
>> filesystem, but not with root's permissions (nor those of the user  
>> who
>> authenticates). I've checked logs (at both normal and elevated
>> debugging levels) and can't see any obvious evidence of a problem.  
>> But
>> clearly smbd is now having problems assuming the identity of the root
>> user.
>>
>> Can anyone offer suggestions as to how I might seek to isolate the
>> source of this problem?
>>
>> Here's the relevant section of the smb.conf file. As I mentioned
>> earlier, I can authenticate without difficulty; I just don't get the
>> right set of permissions after doing so. SELinux is off, so that's  
>> not
>> the cause.
>>
>> [gwroot]
>>    browseable = yes
>>    writable = yes
>>    path = /
>>    guest ok = no
>>    comment = Root
>>    valid users = psw
>>    force user = root
>>
>> Thanks for any suggestions!
>>
>> Phil Wherry
> With each update of Samba, there's always a slight risk of samba.conf
> options changing slightly.  I recommending running the samba suite
> "testparm" command to see if anything gets flagged.
>
> Eric Feldhusen
>
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