samba docker compose help ver2

[catloaf@lemm.ee]

Does the docker user have permission to that folder?

[Guest]

How do I tell? In the docker-compose.yml file I put the user and password for my server user. I thought that was going to make it work?

[Guest]

Thanks for the suggestion. I tried and it still doesn't work. I updated the google docs notes with my steps if you want to see what I did.

[Guest]

Do I need to enter the container bash and change something then? I tried adding UID and GID to the docker compose file, but it still fails. I updated the google docs notes if you want to see my steps.

[bakedcatboy@lemmy.ml]

Hmm, well it doesn't seem to be any problem with the docker compose then as best as I can tell. I picked a random ext4 flash drive and replicated your setup with the UID and GID set and it seems to work fine:

# /etc/fstab
/dev/sda1       /home/<me>/mount/ext_hdd_01  ext4    defaults 0 2

~/mount % ls -an
total 12
drwxr-xr-x  3 1000 1000 4096 Mar 27 16:22 .
drwx------ 86 1000 1000 4096 Mar 27 16:31 ..
drwxrwxrwx  3    0    0 4096 Mar 27 16:26 ext_hdd_01

~/mount/ext_hdd_01 % ls -an
total 6521728
drwxrwxrwx 3    0    0       4096 Mar 27 16:26 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 1000 1000       4096 Mar 27 16:22 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 1000 6678214224 May  5  2024 PXL_20240504_233345242.mp4
drwxrwxrwx 2    0    0      16384 May  5  2024 lost+found
-rwxr--r-- 1 1000 1000          5 Mar 27 16:27 test.txt

# ~/samba/docker-compose.yml
services:
  samba:
    image: dockurr/samba
    container_name: samba
    environment:
      NAME: "Data"
      USER: "user"
      PASS: "pass"
      UID: "1000"
      GID: "1000"
    ports:
      - 445:445
    volumes:
      - /home/<me>/mount:/storage
    restart: always

I was able to play the PXL.mp4 video from my desktop and write back the test.txt file

Have you checked the logs with docker logs -f samba to see if there's anything there?

Also you could try to access the HD from within the container, using docker exec -it samba bash and then cd into /storage and see what happens.

[Guest]

I'm CURSED I tells ya! I'll look at the logs tomorrow. Good to know that you can get it working. Maybe I'm close then.

[cmdrshepard42@lemm.ee]

What displays when you run "id" as your user? You'll want it to match what your inputting in the docker compose. I may have missed it but I didn't see you identify what your personal UID and GID are in the Google doc.

As a janky fallback, what if you just added a new smb user and password and see if that one connects: sudo smbpasswd -a <username>

[bakedcatboy@lemmy.ml]

In case you haven't realized, the user and pass in the docker compose are for setting the user/pass that you will enter on windows to access the share. It doesn't have to be the same as the Linux server user account - though mine is the same because it's easier to remember.

[possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip]

Don't do this

Samba was not designed to be containerized. Install Samba native and try again. I'm almost certain the problem will go away.

[possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip]

That's the old style of doing things.

These days everything is set via extended attributes.

[Guest]

I did the same. Not because I knew, but because I was unsure if permissions would fail if I didn't.

[irmadlad@lemmy.world]

Samba was not designed to be containerized.

There are some things that shouldn't be containerized even tho they can be. I can see the benefit of a user wanting to containerize everything....it's one neat little package. I look at on a case by case basis. For instance, Caddy I installed on bare metal instead of a container even tho there is one for Caddy.