Gregory P. Ennis wrote:
On Thu, 2006-07-27 at 18:57 -0700, jdow wrote:
From: "hbrhodes" <hbrhodes@xxxxxxxxx>
Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
hbrhodes wrote:
i have been trying to get this working for hours. i have finally gotten
the file to allow me to get to the samba server from a windows machine,
however, the thing won't let me write. Can i get some help please?
i've tried the howto's and i think my brain is shutting down. i've
tried trimming down the useless entries to what i have changed.
<----------------------------------[ SNIP ]---------------------------->
[homes]
comment = Home Directories
browseable = no
writable = yes
[R2314]
comment = public files
path = /misc/R2314
writeable = yes
read only = no
browseable = yes
public = no
printable = no
valid users = hbrhodes, klrhodes
create mask = 0765
Dumb question - can you see hbrhodes and klrhodes home directory?
(Depending on the Windows user.) Also, can hbrhodes and klrhodes
write to /misc/R2314? If not, you may want to use "force user" to
set the uid used when Samba writes to the share.
Mikkel
i can see the home directory and i can see the R2314 directory
contents. however, it will not let me write to either, and it will not
let me see the files in the directory, it will let me see folders and
sub folders but not files.
Generally I have found it's awkward to impossible to write to a
windows machine unless the account and smbpasswd entry match one
on the windows machine. Mounting usually works best if I use the
form that includes the username and password to use when mounting
the share.
{^_^}
I have had the same experience... could not write to the directory
unless the logon sequence was a user on the MS machine as well as the
appropriate password.
Greg
Let me guess, the MS machine was Windows XP Pro with simple file sharing
turned off? You need to make sure the "Everybody" group has nearly full
permissions when going to the security tab. Or (might not work; kind of
guessing here) you can turn on simple file sharing, unshare the
directory, reshare it (and watch permissions get applied to all the
files), and then it might work. Then you should be able to mount the
share with any username (except a windows-known user with incorrect
password) and password and it should work.
I know, it's scary...Giving Windows directions on a FC list, but with
the rest of the family using Windows machines (and my main laptop. My FC
computers don't have screens or keyboards), interoperability between my
FC (and my Windows laptop) and everyone else's computers has become my job.
Hope this helps...maybe...did we even *want* help with Windows???
Justin Willmert
