Root owns my downloads folder :-(

[makem]

RT-68U; 380.58_0 firmware; share created: USB Application - Network Place (Samba) Share / Cloud Disk in name of router admin and another in nickname makem, both passworded and given write permission.

Router has a 64GB HORUI metalbox USB attached which is formatted Fat32. It has also been formatted with ext4 with same result: unable to open a folder created whilst connected to the pc and unable to make a folder whilst connected to the router. The USB is sda1.

Permissions show root:root. CHOWN -R makem:makem sda1 appears in putty to make the change to sda1 and the folder in it. However, from xubuntu via Samba, the permissions remain root:root. I have also set CHMOD 0777 on sda1

I remember using a USB on my previous Asus router quite easily but at that time I was using Windows. I am wondering if the problem is Linux related due to stringent permissions which I cannot fathom.

 

[sfx2000]

It's because the software in the router runs as root, for all tasks at the OS level...

Not the best design in the world, agreed, but since samba runs as root, it auths against the samba user accounting (if configured).

 

[makem]

It's because the software in the router runs as root, for all tasks at the OS level...

Not the best design in the world, agreed, but since samba runs as root, it auths against the samba user accounting (if configured).

You lost me at, "it auths against the samba user accounting (if configured)"

Can you elaborate for me?