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[Help] Unable to write files to an SMB share on a NAS (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by Eric_Pollock@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Edit: I found the solution! All I had to do was add the uid with my username, then I also had to add "forceuid" for it to actually go through. My fstab entry now looks like:

//192.168.1.21/Media-Library /mnt/Home-NAS/Media-Library cifs user=Jellyfin,password=password,uid=my_uid,forceuid,iocharset=utf8 0 0

Thank you @lemmyreader@lemmy.ml for posting the solution from Stack Exchange!

Hello! I have an Ubuntu server with a NAS mounted using cifs-utils, and I've created an entry in fstab for the share to be mounted at boot.

My fstab entry looks like this:

//192.168.1.21/Media-Library /mnt/Home-NAS/Media-Library cifs user=Jellyfin,password=password,iocharset=utf8 0 0

(The password is not actually "password" of course)

However, while I'm able to access the share perfectly fine, and even have a Jellyfin server reading from it, I cannot write files to the share without using sudo. I have some applications that manage metadata for music, and they're not able to change or add files in any way.

I am however able to access the share from my Fedora machine just fine with the same credentials, since I use KDE, I just added them to the default "Windows Share Credentials" setting. I don't have the issue where I have to use sudo to modify files, so I know it's just an issue with the share mounted to the server and not permission issues on the NAS itself.

What am I doing wrong?

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[–] RedWeasel@lemmy.world 12 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

Try adding to the fstab options uid=#### with the #### replaced with the user id you are using. If you are using more users other options may be needed.

Edit: also check 'man mount.cifs' for other options.

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Could it be set with a gid and with write permissions for the group, therefore giving users in that group write access?

[–] RedWeasel@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Yes, that should work as well.

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 2 points 7 months ago

Thanks!

[–] Eric_Pollock@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

That unfortunately didn't work, but I really do appreciate your response.

I just had to add an entry for my uid and then "forceuid", and it worked!