On Mon, 2007-12-10 at 08:31 +0100, craigni wrote: > Has anyone got Samba working to access an external ntfs-3g mount with SELinux enforcing on Fedora 8? The following is what I've done so far, and my networked XP Pro machines aren't even seeing the Linux box--any ideas? > > Many TIA, > Craig > > Administration->Samba > Directory Share name Permissions Visibility > /mnt/ntfsdrive ntfsdrive Read/Write Visible > > Bottom of my /etc/samba/smb.conf file: > > [ntfsdrive] > path = /mnt/ntfsdrive > writeable = yes > ; browseable = yes > guest ok = yes > > System->SELinux Management->Boolean checked: > samba: Allow samba to run as the domain controller > samba: Export all files on system read-write > samba: Allow samba to export user home directories > samba: Allow samba to modify public files > samba: Allow samba to export NFS volumes > samba: Allow samba to run unconfined scripts > > Settings->Firewall > Samba green checked as a trusted service > > sudo smbpasswd -a username > sudo /etc/init.d/smb restart > sudo /sbin/chkconfig --level 35 smb on > sudo /sbin/chkconfig --list smb > smb 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:off 5:on 6:off > > sudo /etc/init.d/smb restart > Shutting down SMB services: [ OK ] > Starting SMB services: [ OK ] ---- If your problem is computers 'seeing' your F8 samba, I understand they separated smb and nmb and must be started / configured separately. sudo /sbin/chkconfig --levels 2345 nmb on sudo /sbin/service nmb restart Craig