On Tue, 23 Feb 2021 at 05:06, Niklas Hambüchen <m...@nh2.me> wrote: > > As the added commend and `man smb.conf` explain, starting > with that samba version, `force user` must be configured > in `[global]` in order to access the configured `smb_dir`. > > This broke `-net user,smb=/path/to/folder`: > > The `chdir` into e.g. `/run/user/0/qemu-smb.DCZ8Y0` failed. > In verbose logs, this manifested as: > > [..., effective(65534, 65534), real(65534, 0)] > /source3/smbd/service.c:159(chdir_current_service) > chdir (/run/user/0) failed, reason: Permission denied > > [..., effective(65534, 65534), real(65534, 0)] > /source3/smbd/service.c:167(chdir_current_service) > chdir (/run/user/0) failed, reason: Permission denied > > [..., effective(65534, 65534), real(65534, 0)] > /source3/smbd/uid.c:448(change_to_user_internal) > change_to_user_internal: chdir_current_service() failed! > > This commit fixes it by setting the `[global]` force user to > the user that owns the directories `smbd` needs to access. > > Signed-off-by: Niklas Hambüchen <m...@nh2.me> > --- > net/slirp.c | 6 ++++++ > 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/net/slirp.c b/net/slirp.c > index be914c0be0..82387bdb19 100644 > --- a/net/slirp.c > +++ b/net/slirp.c > @@ -850,6 +850,11 @@ static int slirp_smb(SlirpState* s, const char > *exported_dir, > } > fprintf(f, > "[global]\n" > + "# In Samba 2.0.5 and above the 'force user' parameter\n" > + "# also causes the primary group of the forced user to be used\n" > + "# as the primary group for all file activity.\n" > + "# This includes the various directories set below.\n" > + "force user=%s\n" > "private dir=%s\n" > "interfaces=127.0.0.1\n" > "bind interfaces only=yes\n" > @@ -871,6 +876,7 @@ static int slirp_smb(SlirpState* s, const char > *exported_dir, > "read only=no\n" > "guest ok=yes\n" > "force user=%s\n", > + passwd->pw_name, > s->smb_dir, > s->smb_dir, > s->smb_dir, > -- > 2.25.4
If we add 'force user=whoever' to the [global] section, is it then unnecessary to also specify it in the [qemu] section ? thanks -- PMM
