USB ext3 and samba

[elvish]

I have my usb 2 Tb in ext3. I can't do anything with files from computers via wi-fi except browsing. Could you , please, take a look on my smb.conf...

 

[RMerlin]

What do you mean with "can't do anything"? Can you read? Write?

Have you checked filesystem permissions to ensure the disk content is writable by user "admin"? Have you properly configured sharing on the router's webui?

 

[elvish]

I can browse, I cannot copy from there, write or delete.
I did chmod 777, on the webui full permissions.

 

[RMerlin]

I can browse, I cannot copy from there, write or delete.
I did chmod 777, on the webui full permissions.

Sounds like a permission issue to me.

Make sure it's set 777 both at the root of the disk and inside each subfolders. For example (if disk is mounted as sda1):

chmod -R 777 /mnt/sda1/

 

[elvish]

Thank's a lot and terribly sorry for that stupid question, I forgot about recursion -R...

 

[RMerlin]

Thank's a lot and terribly sorry for that stupid question, I forgot about recursion -R...

I assume that resolved your problem?

 

[elvish]

Yes!Totally!

 

[adrianmak]

is it possible to support usb extfat ?

 

[RMerlin]

is it possible to support usb extfat ?

No. This is (another) proprietary filesystem from Microsoft. You have to pay them to obtain a licence for it.

I know that people have reverse-engineered it and developed a Fuse-based userspace driver, however if it's anything like ntfs-3g, it would be a waste of time to implement support for it on a low-powered router. And since it's reverse-engineered while you're supposed to pay MS for a licence for it, who knows how long until MS's lawyers put their noses into this...

 

[DrTeeth]

What file systems are supported? Is ext4?

TIA

DrT

 

[RMerlin]

What file systems are supported? Is ext4?

TIA

DrT

FAT32, NTFS, ext2 and ext3.

ext4 is not supported because it was still experimental in the kernel used by Asus. Backporting it would involve a lot of work, and might not end in a stable result due to how much of the kernel is directly related to filesystems.