Re: Samba shared directory
Quoting Keith O'Connell <kroc@blueyonder.co.uk>:
> Hi,
>
> I currently serve three WinXP machines with their home directories and a
> read only archive directory. this all works fine. I want to supply a
> communal directory that everyone can read and write to. I thought it
> would be straight forward, but it hasn't been and I do not know why.
>
> I created a directory \mnt\store\pub\everyone and made it 777.
>
> I added the following to samba.conf
>
> [share]
> comment = Shared
> guest ok = yes
> writable = yes
> create mask = 777
> directory mask = 777
> force user = root
> force group = root
> map archive = yes
> map system = yes
> map hidden = yes
> locking = no
> path = /mnt/store/pub/everyone
> public = yes
>
> The didectory appears on the Windows machine, but Windows users have no
> access. What is the most likely thing I have got wrong? Anyone help.
Hi,
I wonder if your "force" user and group to root is causing your problem.
Samba thinks that only root can access this share. Do you have a smbpasswd
entry for root? You probably shouldn't.
Check your samba logs and run # testparm for more help.
Also, you may want to consider using the sticky bit for a public writeable
directory.
hth,
Cheers,
Mike
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