Permissions when mounting a local folder

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Steps to reproduce
1. install oc 9.1 from ubuntu package archive
2. once system is running, mount a local folder /localfolder which is also used by samba
3. unable to write files in /localfolder due to permissions ( owned by samba )

Expected behaviour
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Actual behaviour
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Server configuration
Operating system: Ubuntu 16.04
Web server: Stock Apache
Database: Mysql
PHP version: Stock PHP
ownCloud version (see ownCloud admin page): 9.1 installed from Ubuntu packages
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Is there any way I can mount a local folder which is used by a windows SMB server without changing the permissions of this directory to www-data?

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Yes, you mount it as admin or user via "external storage".

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Thanks hodyroff

I did that but then I can only read from this folder as I am not the owner or group when accessing via owncloud. If I change owner to www-data, then I cannot access the folder from my windows shares. So I don't know what I can do now.

I'd like to access the folder using oC, as well as access the folder using my windows shares via SAMBA.

Hope I have made myself clear!

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Did you not use your Samba user credentials for the external storage mount? You should mount it as the same person you mount it from Windows.

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Hi Hodyroff

Yes, that is what I did. From the admin page, I chose SMB/CIFS and entered the folder name and mount name using my usual username and password as I use in windows.

The SMB/CIFS folder has different permissions - it is owned by me on the machine as opposed to www-data, which I understand owncloud requires.

So I feel a bit stuck now.