[SOLVED] Permission problems with 8.xx

[Phosphoric]

@Phosphoric

You said

I am not inclined to alter too much the set up of my existing Linux Mint 20 PC as it connects flawlessly  to mo0de 7.6x, my RPI NAS and two other Linux based computers.

I can either revert to mo0de 7.6x which works fine or accept the limitations of 8.20

I'm perplexed.

I have now brought up a moOde 7.6.0 player side-by-side with my 8.2.0 players. I don't see a difference in SMB behavior beyond the need in 8.2.0 to enable the SMB file service explicitly, at least in the quick tests I've done.

In both versions, on first attempt to open the player's SMB share(s) via the host icon that appears in my Linux Mint 20.3 File Manager I have to declare myself registered user pi/(the password I gave user pi on my moOde player). After than I can continue to access shares even if I swap out USB drives on the players. As before, I've tested with both a single-partition USB thumbdrive with a VFAT file system and a two-partition uSD card with moOde image on it (VFAT/ext4). I can both read and write to the file systems on the USB partitions. [Some software says "VFAT", some "FAT32", although FAT32 is actually an extension of VFAT.]

In both versions, I can also ssh to the moOde player as user pi/(the password I gave this user) and read the mounted USB partition(s). I can write to them only as root, however, which is easily done with the sudo command.

As an aside and as I've said previously, Linux Mint and/or the Caja File Manager that's part of the MATE desktop environment I'm using seem to cache the SMB credentials so it remembers them when I revisit a host. That has to be considered when interpreting test scenarios.

Regards,
Kent

Hi Kent,

I am still unable get past the Moode 8.20 "Unable to mount location.....etc" error message in the normal Network file manager even though mo0de 7.6x and raspberrypi NAS open perfectly.  This is what bugs me most of all, it's just mo0de 8.20 that won't work.

I am able to access mo0de 8.20 via Network/Connect to Server/192.168.68.xxx. The contents of the USB mounted sd card are fully displayed and I am able to drill down to the media/'Moode playe' directory where all my music files reside.  However, they are read only. 
If I attempt to open the 'Moode playe' directory using the "Open as root" option after entering the authentication password I get an error message
"Could not display '/run /user/1000/gvfs/sftp:hos....168.68.113/-media/Moode playe"
"The location is not a folder"

How do you manage to open your media directory as root please?

Incidentally, my Linux Mint 20x pc is using the Cinnamon desktop.  Don't know if that makes a difference to your Mate desktop.

Thanks
Ray