You are missing the path= in your [homes]
----------------------------------------------- EDV Daniel Müller Leitung EDV Tropenklinik Paul-Lechler-Krankenhaus Paul-Lechler-Str. 24 72076 Tübingen Tel.: 07071/206-463, Fax: 07071/206-499 eMail: muel...@tropenklinik.de Internet: www.tropenklinik.de ----------------------------------------------- -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: samba-boun...@lists.samba.org [mailto:samba-boun...@lists.samba.org] Im Auftrag von Jeenu V Gesendet: Freitag, 26. November 2010 16:24 An: samba@lists.samba.org Betreff: [Samba] Samba settings for public and HOME On a Lucid server, I've two sections defined in my /etc/samba/smb.conf file: one is the default [homes] section and another public share that I'm using share files in LAN. [homes] comment = Home Directories browseable = no read only = no create mask = 0600 directory mask = 0700 valid users = %S guest ok = no [share] comment = Shares path = /work/share browseable = yes read only = yes create mask = 0600 directory mask = 0700 guest ok = yes With the default security = user, I can't have the public share accessible to the world, because it asks for password and rejects anyone without right credentials. To circumvent that I set security = share. Now I'm able to see the directory 'share' when I do \\my-server from Windows. However, the problem I face is that, I can't access my home directory by saying \\my-server\jeenu; it says not accessible. However, I'm able to map it via Tools->Map Network Drive, by giving the right credentials. My question is how can I (or any one) have the best of both the worlds? I.e. without having my home directory network mapped, how to access the share by typing \\my-server and access their home directory by \\my-server\jeenu. FWIW, I've: map to guest = bad user Thanks. -- -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba