I've been trying to get Samba to work for a long time and I think I'm close now. I can see my network from Linux with only one small issue. Sometimes the first time I try to open a share with Nautilus (is is still Nautilus in FC5?) it give me an error message that I might not have permission. The next time I try it it opens just fine. It isn't all shares, just some that do that. They are all Windows shares though. My real problem is seeing my Linux shares on the Windows box. They show up in the My Network Places but when I try to open them I get KJLAPTOP\share is not accessible ... Access Denied. This problem was with directories I created. If I share /usr/share for example I can see it just fine. I've played with setting the SELinux context with chcon but I got nowhere. What is different about a directory I create and one that is already there? I have my Samba server settings configured for Authentication Mode = Share, Encrypt Passwords = Yes, Guest Account = No Guest Account, and the only Samba user is nobody. That doesn't seem to matter anyway. The Share is configured as Writable, Visible and Allow Access to everyone. The ports are open. It works when I use a directory that was already there but not with a directory I create. I want to create a directory in /var. Anybody got any ideas? My system is recent FC5 upgrade from FC4. No other problems seen. Thanks very much, -- Knute Johnson Molon Labe...
