Hi all, New to TrueNAS and I already tested but getting permission denied when mounting a truenas share. CIFS is installed on ubuntu Trying to hook a network share to an ubuntu machine. I’m using this guide “mount-cifs-shares-permanently” at the ubuntu server doc site, following the steps for a …

i just want to add, i think the formatting is solid. i think i just probably don’t know how to properly give assign the permissions. I’m only doing them at the user level in truenas, is the best way??

Please provide: The exact command you have used to mount the SMB share. Nevermind. I think I found it. Screenshot of the share permissions (aka ACL). [image] TrueNAS_forum_owner: //IP Address/books Did you actually set an IP address of your truenas?

I used sudo mount /mnt/books and already premade the directory in that location in advance. for the share permissions from which section? i currently permissions set per user and these are that users permission to the book folder so forums aren’t letting me upload an image :confused:

wont let me put a link to the screenshot either

mounting the root dataset is not permitted, becaue it’s owned by root and root cant be used to acces smb shares. You have to create a child dataset, create a dedicated user, edit the permissions on the cild dataset and then mount the child dataset.

[image] TrueNAS_forum_owner: share permissions from which section? Shares → Edit Filesystem ACL [image] TrueNAS_forum_owner: forums aren’t letting me upload an image Perhaps it is caused by low trust level. Zigbee key problem - #8 by dan

Hey Larse, I am trying to mount the child folder books, that i created

[image] TrueNAS_forum_owner: I used sudo mount /mnt/books This mount path wont work you can’t share /mnt/poolname you can only share out /mnt/poolname/datasetname

[image] LarsR: mounting the root dataset is not permitted, becaue it’s owned by root and root cant be used to acces smb shares. I don’t think this is the case. [image] TrueNAS_forum_owner: share name: /mnt/data/fs1/books looks like pool with name data. I could be wrong…

I haven’t made ACLs. l mentioned above but I only created a user and have been giving users direct permission to folders currently. so i’ve been managing permissions via the credentials folder and modding the user permissions there

Mounting SMB share CIFS - permission denied

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swc-phil May 24, 2025, 6:14pm 7

Shares → Edit Filesystem ACL

Perhaps it is caused by low trust level. Zigbee key problem - #8 by dan

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Mounting SMB share CIFS - permission denied

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