Well, I explain in more detail now. I have a Debian file and print
server which runs SAMBA. I use SAMBA to share printers between my WinXP
machines and it works fine. As you know, when you careate an account in
SAMBA for each WinXP user, when SAMBA server appears in the Wokgroup
computers in WinXP machines, you can click on SAMBA server and you will
see all printers shared and also a folder which acts as home folder for
each WinXP user. Then you can go in your folder and put files in that.
It exactly is like home folders in Linux. Also, all it contents is on
server and not local XP machines. Now, when I create a new folder in my
home folder (which resides on Debian server (SAMBA)) it works fine, but
when I restart the server the new created folder will be deleted. I
want SAMBA to hold all files in home folders (which is created for each
user and is accessible by only that user remotely) even when it is
restarted. D. Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Tue, Jan 23, 2007 at 01:17:45AM +0100, Danesh Daroui wrote:I have installed SAMBA and it works fine. Each user with WinXP has its own home folder and all printers all shared between all WinXP users. The problem is when I create a folder in my shared folder and then restart the server, my new created folder at my own home folder is gone. It seems that SAMBA deletes all new created folder by WinXP users in their home folders when the server is restarted. It sounds unusual since all my data will be gone and therefore these folders for each user will be practically useless. Is there something that I can change in SAMBA's settings, so my new created folders and all files transfered to it will be remain unchanged even when the server is restarted? I want to use it as a backup server, so it should save all my files permanently.your explanation is confusing.sounds like you have fileserver running debian with samba and you have desktop with winxp, right? So you create a folder using the winxp machine? but where is that folder created? on the winxp's harddrive, but in the shared folder? or is it created in some network share on the server? Also, you claim "SAMBA deletes all new created folder by WinXP users in their home folders..." I find that hard to believe. That sounds more like a windows problem. A |