Unable to write to SMB share of an HSF+ drive if journaling is enabled

darcilicious added a comment - 13/Nov/10 5:22 PM This really should be a bug as it was working pre 1.0.1.16xxx

Roy Wagner added a comment - 13/Nov/10 5:33 PM Sorry. Did not mention this is on an HFS+ formatted drive.

darcilicious added a comment - 13/Nov/10 5:37 PM Here's thread on the topic as well http://forums.boxee.tv/showthread.php?t=21801

Rafael Mizrahi [Boxee] added a comment - 14/Nov/10 3:58 AM verified using 1.0.1.16125

Jay Carroll added a comment - 14/Nov/10 8:16 AM ZenDesk ticket: http://boxee.zendesk.com/requests/19110

Jay Carroll added a comment - 16/Nov/10 3:05 PM Also was not able to write to an EXT2 partition. I was, however, able to write to a directory within the EXT share which I specifically chmodded 777 - even though the containing directory was set with the same permissions. Perhaps what we also need here is a best practice guide for preparing drives to work with Boxee Box SMB sharing.

Yuval Tal [Boxee] added a comment - 23/Nov/10 4:06 PM Marcel, please update the users with the following information: 1. NTFS and FAT partitions can be written via SMB easily. 2. HFS partitions can be written if they have disabled journaling using the OSX's Disk Utility. 3. EXT2/3/4 partitions can written if the uid is 65534 or the parititions has world write (o+w).

Yuval Tal [Boxee] added a comment - 23/Nov/10 4:07 PM Once this is updated in Zend/FAQ/Forum, please close this issue. thx.

darcilicious added a comment - 24/Nov/10 8:55 PM If somebody would like to review http://boxee.zendesk.com/entries/325794-adding-and-using-an-external-usb-drive I think I captured everything correctly... cheers!

Andrew Emerson added a comment - 25/Nov/10 11:07 PM I tried disabling jounaling on my hfs+ drive. This did not solve my issue

Chris Martin added a comment - 29/Nov/10 4:57 AM I've also attached an hfs+ drive with journaling disabled and I can not write over smb.

Adam Selzer added a comment - 02/Dec/10 8:57 PM I also still cannot write after disabling journaling on an hfs+ drive. I can read files the files, but can't rename, move, or add to them. Loving the box, though!

Jamie Cooper added a comment - 03/Dec/10 8:41 PM On a MacPro - 10.6.5 I also can't write, even after disabling journaling, I can read, but not write, it says I only have 228 mbs of space??? Please sort this out! otherwise I will have to return the box.. :-(

Yuval Tal [Boxee] added a comment - 04/Dec/10 2:54 PM We made quite a few changes in mounting system so that the smb empty space will show the empty space on the USB drive and not on the NAND (it was a bug). Will look into the issues reported here.

Yuval Tal [Boxee] added a comment - 05/Dec/10 3:43 AM - edited all: In order to be able to write to HFS (without journaling), you must make sure that the disk has proper permissions. In Finder, right click on the USB disk and click "Get Info", at the bottom part you will see the section "Sharing & Permissions", make sure you set to "everyone" permission of "Read & Write". I verified that this works. @Jamie Cooper : As I said, we changed the way we mount USB drives and in the next version you should see the empty space properly. This fix should be out in the couple of days I hope. Hope you do not return the box :) @darcilicious - can you please edit Zend with this information, thanks.

Rafael Mizrahi [Boxee] added a comment - 05/Dec/10 8:44 AM closed using 1.0.1.16489

darcilicious added a comment - 05/Dec/10 1:50 PM @yuvalt: done. http://boxee.zendesk.com/entries/325794-adding-and-using-an-external-usb-drive

nick jensen added a comment - 15/Dec/10 11:39 PM - edited I just updated to 1.0.2.16619 in hopes that this would be working, but it is still broken for me. I have a 2TB external raid enclosure formatted as HFS+ (without journaling) permissions are 777 across the board and I still cannot write to it over smb. I have tried copying files to it via Finder as well as the terminal. No dice. Permission denied.

Cedric Tomas added a comment - 17/Dec/10 4:14 PM all: In order to be able to write to HFS (without journaling), you must make sure that the disk has proper permissions. In Finder, right click on the USB disk and click "Get Info", at the bottom part you will see the section "Sharing & Permissions", make sure you set to "everyone" permission of "Read & Write". I verified that this works. I have done all that and it works but as soon as you turn off BB it doesn't work anymore ! must be another bug

nick jensen added a comment - 17/Dec/10 4:56 PM Can we reopen this bug? I am still getting permission errors. Boxee Box 1.0.2.16619 Mac OS X 10.6.4 2TB media, HFS+ without journaling. Permissions are 777. Tried copying via Finder and Terminal. Both yield a permission error. See attached screenshots.

Cedric Tomas added a comment - 17/Dec/10 6:56 PM Nick I re-open an another ticket for it BOXEE-7623 (Boxee Box lose Permission when using HFS+ USB drive), hopefully they will fixe it this time !