[Samba] File permission problems

Thanks Mogens for your response:
My answers below.


Have you moved the files and users from the old server?
==> no I transferred the physical disk. Normally the users are transferred too but this machine is just used as a server for my business and family data and I don't use it very much locally. Not only the homes are to be exported but also 3 disks /data1 to 3.

Are the owner of the home directories the one you would expect, i.e.
does the user xyz own the directory /home/xyz:
ls -ld /home/xyz
(replace xyz with some real owners).
==> the ownership of the /data1 /data2 /data3 and home/xxx directories is to root root
that might be it?
How do I change it (sorry newcomer's question) I know there is chown and chgrp but how do you apply them in this case?


What does the command testparm write?
==> testparm output below (thanks for reminding me, I haven't touched samba for 2 yrs...)
How come that the permission masks are not set to all 0777 as I supposedly changed them from swat? swat does not seem very reliable???

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p1g:/ # testparm
Load smb config files from /etc/samba/smb.conf
Processing section "[homes]"
Processing section "[printers]"
Processing section "[print$]"
Processing section "[data1]"
Processing section "[data2]"
Processing section "[data3]"
Processing section "[fun_data]"
Loaded services file OK.
Server role: ROLE_STANDALONE
Press enter to see a dump of your service definitions

# Global parameters
[global]
workgroup = HOME
netbios name = xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
server string = xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
interfaces = xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx0
update encrypted = Yes
map to guest = Bad Password
guest account = ftp
log level = 2
log file = /var/log/samba/client_log.%m
max log size = 500
debug hires timestamp = Yes
time server = Yes
socket options = SO_KEEPALIVE IPTOS_LOWDELAY TCP_NODELAY
os level = 1
local master = No
domain master = No
wins support = Yes
ldap suffix = dc=example,dc=com
ldap ssl = no
template homedir = /home/%U
admin users = acl
create mask = 0777
directory mask = 0777
veto files = /*.eml/*.nws/riched20.dll/*.{*}/

[homes]
comment = Home Directories
path = /home/%u
valid users = %S
read only = No
create mask = 0640
directory mask = 0750

[printers]
comment = All Printers
path = /var/tmp
create mask = 0600
printable = Yes




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