[TriLUG] Samba problem - solved.

[Brian Daniels]

My problem with Linux users not being able to create files except at the 
root stems from a new default in Samba 3.x:
unix extensions = yes
is the default setting.  This causes the server to pass UID/GID information 
straight through to the smbmount client.  And if the smbmount client sees 
this information, it will silently IGNORE the uid=/gid= options in the 
mount command.  (in direct contravention of the smbmount manual page).

I'm not sure why this would be a feature.  On a winbindd-based samba server 
the uid/gid information is in no way related to the local uid/gid info and 
results in the permission problems I was seeing.  

Posted in the hope this saves someone else a day of frustration.

--Brian

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Question with boldness even the existence of a god;
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homage of reason more than that of blindfolded fear.

--Thomas Jefferson, Aug. 10, 1787


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