Samba share but sub folders are not readable

I had to give up using ACLs via NFS. The mask is not working properly.

I use inotify now instead, with a little script launched at startup:

#!/bin/bash

# Directory name as argument. You MUST set it also down there before using it!

LOGFILE="/tmp/inotify-log.tmp"

inotifywait -mrq -e attrib,moved_to,create --format %w%f "$1" | while read FILE ; do
    # Ignore root FIXME you have to put here all possible root arguments
    if [ -d "$FILE" ] && [ $FILE == "/export/proyectos" ] || [ $FILE == "/export/proyectos/" ] ; then
        continue;
    fi
    # Get new permissions
    PERMISOS=$(stat -c %a "$FILE")
    if [ -d "$FILE" ] ; then
        if [ $PERMISOS -ne 2771 ] ; then
            NUEVOSPERMISOS=2771

        else
            NUEVOSPERMISOS=0
        fi
    else
        # Get permissions
        if [ ${#PERMISOS} -eq 3 ] ; then
            PERMISOS_ADICIONALES=0
            PERMISOS_USUARIO=${PERMISOS:0:1}
            PERMISOS_GRUPO=${PERMISOS:1:1}
            PERMISOS_OTROS=${PERMISOS:2:1}
        else
            PERMISOS_ADICIONALES=${PERMISOS:0:1}
            PERMISOS_USUARIO=${PERMISOS:1:1}
            PERMISOS_GRUPO=${PERMISOS:2:1}
            PERMISOS_OTROS=${PERMISOS:3:1}
        fi

        # Check permissions
        if [ $PERMISOS_USUARIO -ne $PERMISOS_GRUPO ] || [ 0 -ne $PERMISOS_OTROS ] ; then
            NUEVOSPERMISOS=${PERMISOS_ADICIONALES}${PERMISOS_USUARIO}${PERMISOS_USUARIO}0
        else
            NUEVOSPERMISOS=0
        fi

    fi

    # Set permissions
    if [ $NUEVOSPERMISOS -ne 0 ] ; then
        chmod $NUEVOSPERMISOS "$FILE"
                # Debug output
                OUTPUT="$(date) : $FILE ($PERMISOS -> $NUEVOSPERMISOS)"
                echo $OUTPUT >> $LOGFILE
    fi

done

The permissions are fixed now by this script, instead of fall back into ACLs via NFS.

The line guest ok = yes allows access for everyone, remove it. Of course, the global configuration will need appropriate options as well (e.g. security = user ) and you must have Samba users created. Read the Samba docs (especially the smb.conf man page).