Dave Sherman wrote: >On Sun, 2001-12-02 at 09:55, Robert Boggs wrote: > >>Could someone tell me how to make MY files accessable to my network. I have >>samba working, in that I can mount any ot the other computers drives, >>however they still cannot see my drives. HILP, Please. I want to use 'Drake >>almost all of the time, however at this time, I cannot, due to my wife >>needing to access my 2 storeage drives. THANKS RB >> > >Robert, > >If you are wanting to create a simple public folder that is available to >all the users on your network, add this to your /etc/smb.conf file: > ># A publicly accessible directory >[public] > comment = Public Stuff > path = /home/public > public = yes > writable = yes > printable = no > valid users = dave, carrie > >Note that the directory /home/public must exist, and must have >read/write/execute permissions for for everyone: > chmod 777 /home/public > >This way, Samba users will be able to use it. > >For your "valid users", you must have Samba user accounts setup on the >Linux machine. In my case, "dave" and "carrie" are the actual linux user >accounts as well as the samba user accounts. If you don't know the >difference, I would recommend reading the Samba documentation included >with Samba. > >In any case, to create a Samba user account, as root: > smbadduser username > >The smbadduser script will walk you through setting up your user and >password, and this is the user name you will use in the "valid users" >section. They do not need to be the same as a real Linux user account, >although in my case they are the same. > >Dave > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > And smb service must be running Salu2 óscar.
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