Roger, I changed the shares directory from /home/?username? to /temp off the root. For some reason it would not allow me to go into the /home area. I CAN NOW see a file that I put into /temp. However, I can not change the name of that file or copy new ones to the /temp directory from my XP machine. It says "Cannot rename filename: access denied". Do I have to have permissions for the /temp directory on the FC5 machine set to something else? The entry in /var/log/messages last entry is: Apr 4 07:36:45 Fedora5 kernel: audit(1144154205.415:334): avc: denied { write } for pid=12165 Comm.="smbd" name=Temp" dev=dm-0 ino51380225 scontext=system_u:system_r:smbd_t:s0 Tcontext=system_u:object_r:root_t:s0 tclass=dir Also in the logs every time a /home area is tried I see permission denied that is why I made a /temp directory off the root. I just cannot add or change a file name with my XP machine. I did execute "As root execute 'setenforce permissive' - does this help?" and I can now change file names and add items to the /temp directory. I still can not add or change files to anything in the /home directory. Almost there!! What did setenforce permissive do? Thanks! Dan -----Original Message----- From: Roger Grosswiler [mailto:roger@xxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2006 12:39 AM To: shelstad@xxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: Samba > Roger, > > I have a RH7.3 server set up and Samba works great. I access it from my > Windows XT machine via my network places. > > I have set up Samba on FC5. Workgroup is supervisor (For some reason it > will not take caps for supervisor) Security authentication mode is User. > Encrypt passwords yes with no guest account. I set a user as Unix name > dps2300 windows username dps2300 samba password 12345678. I did do a > smbpasswd for dps2300 as 12345678 also... > > On the windows machine in my network places I can see Samba Server > (Fedora5). When I click on it, it shows me a list of directories > available. I click on it and it asks for user name and password I put in > dps2300 and 12345678 and it does not allow me in. States it is not > accessible. > > I can click on my RH7.3 and get right in... > > Thanks! > > Dan Shelstad > Birchdale Fire & Security, LLP. > 218.838.1359 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Roger Grosswiler [mailto:roger@xxxxxxxx] > Sent: Monday, April 03, 2006 12:40 AM > To: shelstad@xxxxxxxxxxxx; For users of Fedora Core releases > Subject: Re: Samba > >> Hello, >> >> Looking for help with Samba. I can see the shares on the Fedora > machine >> from my windows machine. It asks for a user name and pw and does not >> allow me to access it. Any help would be greatly appreciated. >> >> Thanks! >> >> Dan Shelstad >> >> -- >> fedora-list mailing list >> fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx >> To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > I assume your Fedora machine is the samba-server. > How do you authenticate? smbpasswd? if yes, is your user in smbpasswd? > is > your machine also in smbpasswd? > > Roger > > Dan, do you have any entries in /var/log/messages that say that selinux disallows mounting samba-shares? look for {avc denied} messages which have samba in their lines. You can try it is selinux, if you set selinux permissive. As root execute 'setenforce permissive' - does this help? HTH Roger