Is it possible to have Samba share read only for guests?

Is it possible to have Samba share read only for guests?

Is it possible to have a samba share read only for guests, and read write for authenticated users? If I put guest ok on an share then I am not prompted for a password, and effectively logged as guest with read only rights. But I want to be authenticated so that I can also write. Could anyone provide a sample smb share stanza to achieve this?

Is there a way to write to sambashare?

There is probably no need to reboot the linux server. Oh, and before attempting to write to the sambashare, I closed all File Explorer Windows and used a fresh one for each test. Hope this works for you. The following command entered in a Terminal gave me write access to a Samba file share from an Ubuntu 20.04 desktop client:

How to log in to a Samba server?

To successfully log in to a stand-alone Samba server from a stand-alone Windows client, you may have to specify your username as SAMBA_SERVER_HOSTNAME\\your_username.

Can you write to a share in Ubuntu?

An NTFS directory share named \\My Music simply renamed \\My Muzak in Ubuntu is enough to make the directory writeable. # By default, the home directories are exported read-only. Change the # next parameter to ‘no’ if you want to be able to write to them. ; read only = yes

Why do SMB shares suddenly read only in FreeNAS?

There is a backup FreeNAS server (v9.3.10), same user configured (UID and GID are the same), same datasets with user1 as owner. Client is a windows computer. All of a sudden I only have read access on the SMB shares on the main server with user1. From a client’s perspective, nothing changed.

Why is samba share not working in Raspbian?

If you’ve upgraded something recently, the issue probably lies in that event… somewhere. It may be a permissions issue? Samba is both straightforward and arcane all at once, and it’s difficult to pinpoint what isn’t working with the information you’ve provided.

Are there SMB shares for the datasets?

SMB shares exist for the datasets. Nothing fancy, it’s a one user set-up and worked very well so far. There is a backup FreeNAS server (v9.3.10), same user configured (UID and GID are the same), same datasets with user1 as owner. Client is a windows computer. All of a sudden I only have read access on the SMB shares on the main server with user1.