Update to samba 3.6.6-6+deb7u6 breaks prevoiusly working share

Yes, I know it's not a good idea to share / so there is no need to remind me of that, and if that's all you can suggest, please don't. I am aware of the risks.

Prior to updating to samba 3.6.6-6+deb7u6 I had a working share of / and I could enter any sub-directory below the root.

Once the update was done, I can still see the root tree, but I cannot enter any sub-directory, Windows 7 says I do not have permission.

The only change that was made was to the update samba. This also happened on my other debian wheezy boxes, so it's not peculiar to my OMV box alone.

Below is how it exists now in /etc/samba/samba/smb.conf:

[root]
guest ok = yes
writable = yes
public = yes
path = /
force user = root

Is there a change to the share specification that will solve this? If not, can I downgrade?

I have recycle bin enabled on some other shares, but not this one. Those other shares still work properly after the upgrade.

samba-vfs-modules is not installable on my OMV.

Nothing relevant is written to the log.

Zitat von ryecoaaron

Maybe there is something in the samba update that keeps you from sharing root. Since this is a terrible idea, I can easily see this being blocked in samba code. I would look thru debian bug reports.

That wouldn't surprise me. But I have so far found no mention of this anywhere. But that's not surprising either, since it's a terrible idea and I must be the only one on the planet doing it

Zitat von ryecoaaron

Did you enable logging? Just increasing the log level won't do anything.

Logging is enabled at the debug level. Nothing relevant is written to the log though.

"Have you tried to map the share using nobody as credential?"

Take what I posted as the share specification and tell me how to change it to reflect your suggestion. Thanks.

I am logging in the same way as I did before it broke. Other shares work as they did and I can drill down into subdirectories without problem. Attached is what Window says when I try to enter any folder below / I am never prompted for credentials.

SOLVED by including in smb.conf:

wide links = yes
unix extensions = no

Zitat von ryecoaaron

There may be others who want to do it but I have yet to hear a good reason why

Pure convenience.

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Convenience to access what folders?

Mostly just a few of them, like /etc, /usr, /media, and /var but I didn't want to set up individual shares.