Yes the directory on the computer that it is sharing it. Chris
Gauci Christopher at CIMU (12/08/2004 14:24): >I have set samba several times. I think the problem is on the permissions, you >need to go directly on the directory and give read and write permissions on >that folder including any sub directories to username and group. >It is important to set them correclty. > >Chris > > > >Keith Vassallo (12/07/2004 17:56): >>-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >>Hash: SHA1 >> >>Hi List, >> >>I've been having a problem with samba every since I started using Linux: >> >>I have created a share on one of my computers. Here is the relevant >>part from smb.conf: >> >>[keith_private] >>path = /home/keithvassallo_net/shared >>comment = Keith's private directory on atomserv.net >>valid_users = keithvassallo_net >>public = no >>readonly = no >>writable yes >> >>On the other computer, I mount the samba share, from /etc/fstab: >>//192.168.1.100/keith_private /home/keithvassallo/keith_private smbfs >>credentials=/home/keithvassallo/.smbpasswd 0 0 >> >>As you may have noticed, the username on the computer sharing is >>keithvassallo_net, whilst on my PC (the computer I am mounting on) the >>user name is keithvassallo. The above arrangement works - but >>/home/keithvassallo/keith_private is mounted as readonly for all users >>except root. This means I have to login as root to write anything to >>the share, which is starting to bother me (after 4 years, you start >>getting fed up of it). Anyway, I've tried several modifications to the >>line in fstab: >> >>//192.168.1.100/keith_private /home/keithvassallo/keith_private smbfs >>credentials=/home/keithvassallo/.smbpasswd,uid=keithvassallo,gid=users 0 0 >> >>When I tried the line above, the permissions for files were set to 505 >>- - the uid of keithvassallo_net on the PC sharing the files. >> >>Can anyone please help? >> >>Keith >>-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >>Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (GNU/Linux) >>Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org >> >>iD8DBQFBteClym3HAdrlsyERAowiAJ9LluZqUEswNt3ARJBZ1XrxZ4ReZQCdGAZ+ >>n+oaLTavsRaRKxHpj0xiSOQ= >>=4kqP >>-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >> >>_______________________________________________ >>MLUG-list mailing list >>[email protected] >>http://mailserv.megabyte.net/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > >_______________________________________________ >MLUG-list mailing list >[email protected] >http://mailserv.megabyte.net/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list
