Samba shares are readonly on iOS

[bradkemper]

Describe the issue you are experiencing

When I open the share in iOS Files app, it is read only.

What type of installation are you running?

Home Assistant OS

Which operating system are you running on?

Home Assistant Operating System

Which add-on are you reporting an issue with?

Samba share

What is the version of the add-on?

12.3.2

Steps to reproduce the issue

1. Connected to server IP address, using subnet address found in Samba share log (smb://10.0.0.60)
2. Share is mounted, and I can browse it, but it is read-only
3. I can also connect using the TailScale IP address for HA, but that is also RO.

System Health information

System Information

version	core-2024.11.2
installation_type	Home Assistant OS
dev	false
hassio	true
docker	true
user	root
virtualenv	false
python_version	3.12.4
os_name	Linux
os_version	6.6.54-haos
arch	aarch64
timezone	America/Los_Angeles
config_dir	/config

Home Assistant Community Store

GitHub API	ok
GitHub Content	ok
GitHub Web	ok
HACS Data	ok
GitHub API Calls Remaining	5000
Installed Version	2.0.1
Stage	running
Available Repositories	1465
Downloaded Repositories	48

Home Assistant Cloud

logged_in	false
can_reach_cert_server	ok
can_reach_cloud_auth	ok
can_reach_cloud	ok

Home Assistant Supervisor

host_os	Home Assistant OS 13.2
update_channel	stable
supervisor_version	supervisor-2024.11.4
agent_version	1.6.0
docker_version	27.2.0
disk_total	28.0 GB
disk_used	14.1 GB
healthy	true
supported	true
host_connectivity	true
supervisor_connectivity	true
ntp_synchronized	true
virtualization
board	green
supervisor_api	ok
version_api	ok
installed_addons	AirCast (4.2.2), Tailscale (0.23.3), File editor (5.8.0), Studio Code Server (5.17.3), Advanced SSH & Web Terminal (19.0.0), Samba share (12.3.2), eufy-security-ws (1.9.1), Silicon Labs Multiprotocol (2.4.5), Scrypted (v0.120.0-jammy-full), Piper (1.5.2), ESPHome Device Compiler (2024.11.0)

Dashboards

dashboards	7
resources	32
views	8
mode	storage

MercedesME 2020

api_endpoint_reachable	ok
websocket_connection_state	connected
cars_connected	1
version	v0.19.1

Recorder

oldest_recorder_run	November 12, 2024 at 4:15 AM
current_recorder_run	November 20, 2024 at 2:20 PM
estimated_db_size	149.96 MiB
database_engine	sqlite
database_version	3.45.3

Anything in the Supervisor logs that might be useful for us?

No response

Anything in the add-on logs that might be useful for us?

s6-rc: info: service legacy-services: stopping
s6-rc: info: service legacy-services successfully stopped
s6-rc: info: service nmbd: stopping
Got SIGTERM: going down...
[20:00:55] INFO: Service nmbd exited with code 0 (by signal 0)
s6-rc: info: service nmbd successfully stopped
s6-rc: info: service smbd: stopping
[20:00:55] INFO: Service smbd exited with code 256 (by signal 15)
s6-rc: info: service smbd successfully stopped
s6-rc: info: service init-smbd: stopping
s6-rc: info: service init-smbd successfully stopped
s6-rc: info: service legacy-cont-init: stopping
s6-rc: info: service legacy-cont-init successfully stopped
s6-rc: info: service fix-attrs: stopping
s6-rc: info: service fix-attrs successfully stopped
s6-rc: info: service s6rc-oneshot-runner: stopping
s6-rc: info: service s6rc-oneshot-runner successfully stopped
s6-rc: info: service s6rc-oneshot-runner: starting
s6-rc: info: service s6rc-oneshot-runner successfully started
s6-rc: info: service fix-attrs: starting
s6-rc: info: service fix-attrs successfully started
s6-rc: info: service legacy-cont-init: starting
s6-rc: info: service legacy-cont-init successfully started
s6-rc: info: service init-smbd: starting
[20:02:34] INFO: Hostname: homeassistant
[20:02:35] INFO: Interfaces: end0 
tdbsam_open: Converting version 0.0 database to version 4.0.
tdbsam_convert_backup: updated /var/lib/samba/private/passdb.tdb file.
Added user bkhomey.
s6-rc: info: service init-smbd successfully started
s6-rc: info: service smbd: starting
s6-rc: info: service smbd successfully started
s6-rc: info: service nmbd: starting
s6-rc: info: service nmbd successfully started
s6-rc: info: service legacy-services: starting
s6-rc: info: service legacy-services successfully started
nmbd version 4.18.9 started.
Copyright Andrew Tridgell and the Samba Team 1992-2023
smbd version 4.18.9 started.
Copyright Andrew Tridgell and the Samba Team 1992-2023
INFO: Profiling support unavailable in this build.
*****
Samba name server HOMEASSISTANT is now a local master browser for workgroup WORKGROUP on subnet 10.0.0.60
*****
s6-rc: info: service s6rc-oneshot-runner: starting
s6-rc: info: service s6rc-oneshot-runner successfully started
s6-rc: info: service fix-attrs: starting
s6-rc: info: service fix-attrs successfully started
s6-rc: info: service legacy-cont-init: starting
s6-rc: info: service legacy-cont-init successfully started
s6-rc: info: service init-smbd: starting
[11:57:08] INFO: Hostname: homeassistant
[11:57:08] INFO: Interfaces: end0 
tdbsam_open: Converting version 0.0 database to version 4.0.
tdbsam_convert_backup: updated /var/lib/samba/private/passdb.tdb file.
Added user bkhomey.
s6-rc: info: service init-smbd successfully started
s6-rc: info: service smbd: starting
s6-rc: info: service smbd successfully started
s6-rc: info: service nmbd: starting
s6-rc: info: service nmbd successfully started
s6-rc: info: service legacy-services: starting
s6-rc: info: service legacy-services successfully started
nmbd version 4.18.9 started.
Copyright Andrew Tridgell and the Samba Team 1992-2023
smbd version 4.18.9 started.
Copyright Andrew Tridgell and the Samba Team 1992-2023
INFO: Profiling support unavailable in this build.
*****
Samba name server HOMEASSISTANT is now a local master browser for workgroup WORKGROUP on subnet 10.0.0.60

Additional information

No response

[bradkemper]

Anyone looking into this?

[liambresnahan]

Bump on this. I am also seeing the same issue.

[pouet300]

Hello,
I have exactly the same issue, only with samba from HA on iOS.
BR

[luka6000]

please add
vfs objects = streams_xattr
to [global] configuration section

[liambresnahan]

Submitted a PR here - #3877

[pedolsky]

In my case, a reboot of the host device resolved the problem (HA v2024.12.4 Supervised).

[liambresnahan]

Resolved in 12.3.3