I had that problem and I solved it following these instructions: - http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=60620
On Sun, May 29, 2011 at 14:46, Rob Owens <row...@ptd.net> wrote: > On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 05:34:28PM +0100, Alan Chandler wrote: >> I have a fairly simple requirement >> >> I am running Debian Unstable on my Desktop and I want to provide a >> folder for my Windows 7 laptop to deposit some files. >> >> I thought that the simplest approach would be using samba on its >> own, but I then discovered the existance of nautilus-share which >> should make it so much easier when I want to swap around things. >> >> I followed instructions in /usr/share/doc/nautilus-share, adding >> myself to the sambashare group and right clicking on an appropriate >> folder inside my home dir (several layers in) and adding sharing. >> Clicking on guests-allow. >> >> Checking the permissions of things >> >> /var/lib/samba/usershares is 1777 and owned by root:sambashare >> >> the file inside /var/lib/samba/usershare that represents my share >> has permissions 644 and is owned by alan:alan (ie me). Its contents >> include the path to my share and the following two lines. >> > Are you sure that all the paths leading up to the shared file have > proper permissions? If a 644 file is inside a 700 directory, nobody > will be able to get to it. > > -Rob > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110529124656.ga18...@aurora.owens.net > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/banlktikrnwcotpeurjk2sjrwsozm2fa...@mail.gmail.com