Share Folders using Samba in Home Network with Mint 21

[altair4]

Nope. Samba will not update permissions on the parent folder of the shared folder so all will not be well.

You didn't read Part 3 of this Tutorial:

Part 3: Creating a Samba Share from Nemo
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Ubuntu changed the default permissions on home folders from 755 to 750 so only the owner of the home folder can access anything under it. This is true locally and across the network.

If you are using Cinnamon and try to create a share of your Public folder for example through Nemo you will get this warning:

The permissions for /home/altair
prevent other users from accessing this share

It will still create the share but access for anyone other than you will not be possible.

There are 4 ways around this problem:
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[lsemmens]

You may well be correct, however the folders that I were attempting to share were subfolders of Documents along with Music and Downloads. I can now log on to all of those as "guest" but they all threw the "permissions" message.

FWIW I do "Force the user" as per Part 3 item 3.

[altair4]

As stated in this Tutorial the preferred way to create shares is not through Nemo / Caja / Nautilus but through samba itself directly:

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[Documents]
path = /home/altair/Documents
read only = no
guest ok = yes
force user = altair

That eliminates the /home/$USER permissions issue and allows all saved files made by the "guest" samba client user appear to be owned by altair ( in this example ) and not "nobody".

Just remember not to use the "Nemo" method and the "samba" method at the same the same time on the same folder as samba is likely to short circuit/

[modus-modus]

I configured Samba by editing the smb configuration file as suggested by Altair4 part.2. The exchange of files from PC to iPhone works but from iPhone to PC the file is copied with a size of 0 bytes and the message of file name too long or with invalid characters appears, in reality even when copying a doc.pdf file from the same error even if there are no special characters. I can't understand how this is possible. The connection works correctly. I even managed to transfer a file but then it no longer worked from iPhone to PC despite being connected. I also tried to change the password but nothing.Incredible, if I copy the file into the disk decipher app (the replacement for veracrypt for IOS) and from disk decipher I share the file by saving it in the shared Mint folder, the transfer happens correctly. If I share the file from the IOS file manager in the shared folder, however, the transfer does not take place, only the name of the file is transferred but the size is 0 Kb and the message that the file is too long or has invalid characters appears

[AndyMH]

iAnything is troublesome with linux, you can blame the fruit company. For various reasons I have the misfortune to have an iphone SE2020. It does work when plugged in via usb (thank you libimobiledevice - installed by default). I have only used it to copy photos phone to PC. There is also KDE connect, I have used it (android) but not with the iphone.

[modus-modus]

Yes, I tried KDEconnect and it works. But I preferred to avoid using apps to exchange files. The strange thing is that within the disk decipher app (which is found on the iPhone anyway) the files are correctly transferred with Samba to the PC while from the iPhone file app they are not

[altair4]

The exchange of files from PC to iPhone works but from iPhone to PC the file is copied with a size of 0 bytes and the message of file name too long or with invalid characters appears, in reality even when copying a doc.pdf file from the same error even if there are no special characters.

If you add the following line to the [global] section of smb.conf - right under the workgroup = WORKGROUP line for example - does it fix this issue:

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vfs objects = catia fruit streams_xattr

Remember to restart samba:

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sudo service smbd restart

[modus-modus]

Perfect, thank you very much. Everything works perfectly

[AndyMH]

altair4 could you explain to us mere mortals what that line in smb.conf is doing, thanks.

[altair4]

In this particular situation with samba I'm part of the unwashed masses I'm afraid.

I could give you my interpretation of what it does or point you to the man pages but there is a sometimes member of this forum that would only correct me since I think he wrote most of the documentation for samba: RowlandP

[AndyMH]

since I think he wrote most of the documentation for samba

I thought he was good, now I know why

[LPH_[retired]]

@altair4

I've been negligent about responding to your tutorial.
Even though I know/knew how to do this I usually had to wander around the web for bits and pieces to accomplish what I wanted. Your tutorial is comprehensive and concise and covers the basics and the potential pitfalls.

Thank you!

regards