I have a different Samba and Mac OS 10.3 question. I have a small network in my office with a Linux box acting as a file server, mostly Windows XP clients, and a couple of Macs. When I create Samba shares on the Linux box, I have no problem getting my Windows XP users to be able to read and write to the shares. The login name and password on the XP boxes are the same as the corresponding Linux AND Samba usernames and passwords -- and all users are in the same common group called "writers"
>From the Mac, however, it's a different story. Mac users can mount the Samba shares and gain READ access, but they are UNABLE TO WRITE to the shares. Again, the Mac usernames and passwords are the SAME as the corresponding Linux and Samba usernames and passwords. Is there something that I have to do on the Mac to allow users to write to the common shares? By the way, I'm using Samba 3.0.0. I'll upgrade to 3.0.1 when there's a Mandrake rpm. Here's my smb.conf file: [global] workgroup = WRITERS netbios name = WRITERSPACE server string = WRITERSPACE %v map to gues = Bad User log file = /var/log/samba3/log.%m max log size = 50 printcap name = cups dns proxy = No wins support = Yes printer admin = @adm printing = cups [homes] comment = Home Directories read only = No browseable = No [printers] Not relevant here [print$] Not relevant here [pdf-generator] Not relevant here [InProgress] comment = Stories path = /home/raid/InProgress write list = @staffwriters read only = No guest ok = Yes # Option 1 Use the following line to make all new files editable by all users # inherit permissions = yes # Option 2 Use the following two lines to make all new files editable by all users create mask = 0775 directory mask = 0775 # Option 3 Use the following 2 lines to get Mac users to be able to write to directory as well as PC Users # force user = theboss # force group = staffwriters I would prefer to use Option 2 or maybe Option 1 but they don't seem to work with the Mac. Option 3 does give Mac Users read/write access, but there are reasons why I don't want to use it. Any ideas about getting the Macs to cooperate with Option 2 or 1? Thanks in advance Andy Liebman -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba