Making one folder in Linux writable via Samba

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I have a massive collection of photos on my home server that I keep root the owner of so that it is not mistakenly overwritten, deleted, etc. Because I use Lightroom to manage the photos themselves, I want to make the Lightroom catalog file writable via my Windows PC but leave ALL THE OTHER files protected.



My samba entry:



[Pictures]
comment = Pictures
writable = no
printable = no
public = yes
create mode = 777
path = "/path/to/Pictures"
directory mode = 777


I've tried setting writable = yes and setting chown root:root --recursive * on all the files and folders within Pictures and I can still write to the folders...? Is what I am trying possible?










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    I have a massive collection of photos on my home server that I keep root the owner of so that it is not mistakenly overwritten, deleted, etc. Because I use Lightroom to manage the photos themselves, I want to make the Lightroom catalog file writable via my Windows PC but leave ALL THE OTHER files protected.



    My samba entry:



    [Pictures]
    comment = Pictures
    writable = no
    printable = no
    public = yes
    create mode = 777
    path = "/path/to/Pictures"
    directory mode = 777


    I've tried setting writable = yes and setting chown root:root --recursive * on all the files and folders within Pictures and I can still write to the folders...? Is what I am trying possible?










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      I have a massive collection of photos on my home server that I keep root the owner of so that it is not mistakenly overwritten, deleted, etc. Because I use Lightroom to manage the photos themselves, I want to make the Lightroom catalog file writable via my Windows PC but leave ALL THE OTHER files protected.



      My samba entry:



      [Pictures]
      comment = Pictures
      writable = no
      printable = no
      public = yes
      create mode = 777
      path = "/path/to/Pictures"
      directory mode = 777


      I've tried setting writable = yes and setting chown root:root --recursive * on all the files and folders within Pictures and I can still write to the folders...? Is what I am trying possible?










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      I have a massive collection of photos on my home server that I keep root the owner of so that it is not mistakenly overwritten, deleted, etc. Because I use Lightroom to manage the photos themselves, I want to make the Lightroom catalog file writable via my Windows PC but leave ALL THE OTHER files protected.



      My samba entry:



      [Pictures]
      comment = Pictures
      writable = no
      printable = no
      public = yes
      create mode = 777
      path = "/path/to/Pictures"
      directory mode = 777


      I've tried setting writable = yes and setting chown root:root --recursive * on all the files and folders within Pictures and I can still write to the folders...? Is what I am trying possible?







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