hi ya .... stirring the pot again....
btw.... there is a samba FAQ.....www.samba.org... On Sun, 15 Oct 2000, Rino Mardo wrote: > On Sat, Oct 14, 2000 at 05:50:15PM -0400 or thereabouts, Eileen Orbell wrote: > > I have tried and tried to get Windows 2000 to see my linux box through > > Samba so I can share files etc. But no matter what I tried I have no > > success. Is there anyone out there who knows how to do this? ... > Hi Eileen. My Win2k Pro can see my debian box and it's share thru Samba. > What > I did is first create a computer account in my NT domain for this Samba server > (acting as just an NT server) then adjust my /etc/smb.conf to what is > suggested > in that online Oreilly Samba book. Anyway here's my /etc/smb.conf: > ... In my silly mind.... ( didnt try this experiment )...but i'd say that your W2K machine will see the [homes] folder but i'd hate to guess whats in it .... since "path=/home" is not defined in samba....similarly....hate to see whats in the printers folder since printcap was commented out too in the stanza just below [global] - does that mean that without path specified....tht samba sets its default path to / and is now writeable to say /etc/passwd since ro is turned off too...(ie that its writable ) have fun samba'ing... alvin > [homes] > comment = Home Directories > browseable = no > > ; By default, the home directories are exported read only. Change next > ; parameter to "no" if you want to be able to write to them. > read only = no > > ; File creation mask is set to 0700 for security reasons. If you want to > ; create files with group=rw permissions, set next parameter to 0775. > create mask = 0700 > > ; Directory creation mask is set to 0700 for security reasons. If you want to > ; create dirs. with group=rw permissions, set next parameter to 0775. > directory mask = 0700 > > [printers] > comment = All Printers > browseable = no > path = /tmp > printable = yes > public = no > writable = no > create mode = 0700 > > ; A sample share for sharing your CD-ROM with others. > [cdrom] > comment = Samba server's CD-ROM > writable = no > locking = no > path = /cdrom > public = yes > ; > ; The next two parameters show how to auto-mount a CD-ROM when the > ; cdrom share is accesed. For this to work /etc/fstab must contain > ; an entry like this: > ; > ; /dev/scd0 /cdrom iso9660 defaults,noauto,ro,user 0 0 > ; > ; The CD-ROM gets unmounted automatically after the connection to the > ; > ; If you don't want to use auto-mounting/unmounting make sure the CD > ; is mounted on /cdrom > ; > preexec = /bin/mount /cdrom > postexec = /bin/umount /cdrom > > -- > Who's watching the watchmen? > > ICQ: 15096825 > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >