My journey to successfully game under Linux (and overcome Microsoft's Stranglehold)

[ch33zw1z]

Interesting..

sudo chmod 775 /mnt/Movies/Downloaded Movies/

chmod: cannot access '/mnt/Movies/Downloaded': No such file or directory
chmod: cannot access 'Movies': No such file or directory

Hmm have to rename the folder so no spaces.. LOL.

Brb going to do that on the windows side first

Wut, nah man just put quotes around the path

 

[Indus]

Wut, nah man just put quotes around the path

Oh okay.. that's cool.

I'll try that!

 

[Indus]

I can't explain it.. it's like sudo chmod commands don't do anything..

I type it in, go back to folder, try to share, and it says permissions need to be changed again.. and it never actually changes

 

[Indus]

I tried doing it as root..

sudo su root

root@Earth:/home/jyaku# sudo chmod 771 "/mnt/Movies"

root@Earth:/home/jyaku# sudo chmod 775 "/mnt/Movies/Downloaded Movies"

hope it works.. rebooting

 

[Indus]

Still seems to be giving me that error.. hmm

I didn't know setting up a shared folder on Samba would be this hard.. is it Fedora or it's just this hard in general?

 

[manly]

Samba was never really intended to be user friendly for consumers. There are entire books written about Samba, for Linux sysadmins.

In general, you have to accrue Linux knowledge over time before things feel comfortable. Everybody just wants things "to work," but IMO you're trying to run before you walk.

Use your favorite search engine and hunt for solutions/information.

Better yet, pick up a good book (or two).

Amazon.com: The Linux Command Line, 2nd Edition: A Complete Introduction: 9781593279523: Shotts, William: Books

Amazon.com: The Linux Command Line, 2nd Edition: A Complete Introduction: 9781593279523: Shotts, William: Books

www.amazon.com

 

[ch33zw1z]

Still seems to be giving me that error.. hmm

I didn't know setting up a shared folder on Samba would be this hard.. is it Fedora or it's just this hard in general?

The error where root can't update permissions? do you still have the gui open showing you what permissions needed updated? If yes, close it.

 

[Indus]

The error where root can't update permissions? do you still have the gui open showing you what permissions needed updated? If yes, close it.

Yep close, it reboot the system and it still shows I need more permissions.

I just can't seem to get that folder to share even after chmod as root user.

 

[ch33zw1z]

Yep close, it reboot the system and it still shows I need more permissions.

I just can't seem to get that folder to share even after chmod as root user.

so you close the menu and then try to update permissions?

 

[Indus]

so you close the menu and then try to update permissions?

Think I did but let me try again just incase I didn't do it correctly the first time.

Will try with no dolphin folders open at all and as root user.

Do you want me to reboot afterwards or just stay on and see if the folders become visible?

 

[ch33zw1z]

Think I did but let me try again just incase I didn't do it correctly the first time.

Will try with no dolphin folders open at all and as root user.

Do you want me to reboot afterwards or just stay on and see if the folders become visible?

see if the permissions changed for the folder

where are the folders not visible

 

[Indus]

where are the folders not visible

On the windows machine.. it never sees that folder.

 

[Indus]

I did that and it still says it needs additional permissions for sharing to work..

 

[Indus]

I wonder if I need to do this:

Google Search

What do you think??

 

[ch33zw1z]

I did that and it still says it needs additional permissions for sharing to work..

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run a ls command such as "ls -al" to display the folder permissions on cli.

on the windows box, go to the start menu and type "Run" - this will bring up the run menu. Next, type the IP of the Linux system like this: \\192.168.x.xxx <---- replace x's with IP of linux system. This is how I open my samba share. for me, I have 3 folders shared and show up. I can right click one of them and do "Map Network Drive" to create a permanent drive letter mapping for the share.

my shares are all 755 folders with my user as the Owner.

 

[Indus]

run a ls command such as "ls -al" to display the folder permissions on cli.

on the windows box, go to the start menu and type "Run" - this will bring up the run menu. Next, type the IP of the Linux system like this: \\192.168.x.xxx <---- replace x's with IP of linux system. This is how I open my samba share. for me, I have 3 folders shared and show up. I can right click one of them and do "Map Network Drive" to create a permanent drive letter mapping for the share.

my shares are all 755 folders with my user as the Owner.

Windows cannot find 192.168.1.235

Make sure you typed it correctly

 

[ch33zw1z]

Windows cannot find 192.168.1.235

Make sure you typed it correctly

ok, if you can still ping it ok, then it's software standing in your way. A firewall on one or both of the systems is blocking it. You can try the cifs utils in the link above, if that doesn't fix it then I would search how to allow samba thru fedora's firewall. Sometimes it's easier just to disable a firewall and test again, if it works then you know it's something the firewall was interfering with. Re-enable the firewall and correct the configuration.

 

[Indus]

ok, if you can still ping it ok, then it's software standing in your way. A firewall on one or both of the systems is blocking it. You can try the cifs utils in the link above, if that doesn't fix it then I would search how to allow samba thru fedora's firewall

I'm wondering if the firewall reset as well and am thinking of changing it to permanent over runtime.



Anyways these are my options.. for my home wifi network.. I should change it to public to trusted and check on every service right?

or is there a better way?

Which zones are available?​

These are the zones provided by firewalld sorted according to the default trust level of the zones from untrusted to trusted:

🔗 drop​

Any incoming network packets are dropped, there is no reply. Only outgoing network connections are possible.

🔗 block​

Any incoming network connections are rejected with an icmp-host-prohibited message for IPv4 and icmp6-adm-prohibited for IPv6. Only network connections initiated within this system are possible.

🔗 public​

For use in public areas. You do not trust the other computers on networks to not harm your computer. Only selected incoming connections are accepted.

🔗 external​

For use on external networks with masquerading enabled especially for routers. You do not trust the other computers on networks to not harm your computer. Only selected incoming connections are accepted.

🔗 dmz​

For computers in your demilitarized zone that are publicly-accessible with limited access to your internal network. Only selected incoming connections are accepted.

🔗 work​

For use in work areas. You mostly trust the other computers on networks to not harm your computer. Only selected incoming connections are accepted.

🔗 home​

For use in home areas. You mostly trust the other computers on networks to not harm your computer. Only selected incoming connections are accepted.

🔗 internal​

For use on internal networks. You mostly trust the other computers on the networks to not harm your computer. Only selected incoming connections are accepted.

🔗 trusted​

All network connections are accepted.

 

[ch33zw1z]

I'm wondering if the firewall reset as well and am thinking of changing it to permanent over runtime.

View attachment 127855

Anyways these are my options.. for my home wifi network.. I should change it to public to trusted and check on every service right?

or is there a better way?

Which zones are available?​

These are the zones provided by firewalld sorted according to the default trust level of the zones from untrusted to trusted:

🔗 drop​

Any incoming network packets are dropped, there is no reply. Only outgoing network connections are possible.

🔗 block​

Any incoming network connections are rejected with an icmp-host-prohibited message for IPv4 and icmp6-adm-prohibited for IPv6. Only network connections initiated within this system are possible.

🔗 public​

For use in public areas. You do not trust the other computers on networks to not harm your computer. Only selected incoming connections are accepted.

🔗 external​

For use on external networks with masquerading enabled especially for routers. You do not trust the other computers on networks to not harm your computer. Only selected incoming connections are accepted.

🔗 dmz​

For computers in your demilitarized zone that are publicly-accessible with limited access to your internal network. Only selected incoming connections are accepted.

🔗 work​

For use in work areas. You mostly trust the other computers on networks to not harm your computer. Only selected incoming connections are accepted.

🔗 home​

For use in home areas. You mostly trust the other computers on networks to not harm your computer. Only selected incoming connections are accepted.

🔗 internal​

For use on internal networks. You mostly trust the other computers on the networks to not harm your computer. Only selected incoming connections are accepted.

🔗 trusted​

All network connections are accepted.

Interesting new menu's coming with Linux, I'm learning here as well. I would use either Home or Internal, and ensure samba is allowed or "checked" in the services list

 

[manly]

Interesting new menu's coming with Linux, I'm learning here as well. I would use either Home or Internal, and ensure samba is allowed or "checked" in the services list

yeah I'm not sure that having ten different firewall zones is reasonable for the average consumer.

Assuming standard Fedora, the samba service must be allowed through (obviously). In a typical home setup, a software firewall is probably unnecessary. The WiFi router typically is the firewall.

How to create a Samba share

Samba allows for Windows and other clients to connect to file share directories on Linux hosts. It implements the server message block (SMB) protocol. This guide covers creating a shared…

docs.fedoraproject.org

For named "browsing," the nmb service needs to be running.

 

[Indus]

I ended up having a severe headache and low blood sugar and went and got some rest. I'll figure this out when I feel a little better.. trying to take it a bit easy today.

But if there are other ideas of how I can get the share to work.. please let me know.

Basically instead of a shared folder on the root or / NVME drive.. I'm trying to share a folder on a SATA drive and not succeeding.

 

[igor_kavinski]

But if there are other ideas of how I can get the share to work.. please let me know.

LocalSend: Share files to nearby devices

LocalSend is a free, open-source, cross-platform file sharing tool that allows you to share files to nearby devices.

localsend.org

 

[Indus]

LocalSend: Share files to nearby devices

LocalSend is a free, open-source, cross-platform file sharing tool that allows you to share files to nearby devices.

localsend.org

Interesting bit about this..

I installed it on my ultramarine and the wife's lmde systems but it wouldn't work.

Then I thought about it that maybe the ports aren't open in the firewall of both systems.. and I set an exception on both.. and it worked.

Strangely it still doesn't see the other comp but the file sending did work.. atleast on linux pc's.

 

[igor_kavinski]

Strangely it still doesn't see the other comp

GitHub - localsend/localsend: An open-source cross-platform alternative to AirDrop

An open-source cross-platform alternative to AirDrop - localsend/localsend

github.com

 

[ch33zw1z]

yeah I'm not sure that having ten different firewall zones is reasonable for the average consumer.

Assuming standard Fedora, the samba service must be allowed through (obviously). In a typical home setup, a software firewall is probably unnecessary. The WiFi router typically is the firewall.

How to create a Samba share

Samba allows for Windows and other clients to connect to file share directories on Linux hosts. It implements the server message block (SMB) protocol. This guide covers creating a shared…

docs.fedoraproject.org

For named "browsing," the nmb service needs to be running.

Yea, not sure how it’s gonna go for fedora in that area. Software firewalls have been included with windows for a long time, and with different distros afaik. The list in the OP’s screenie looks excessive tho, I agree. I’m tempted to install on a spare pc to mess around with it.