Howdy, the path statement in the smb.conf file is using Unix pathing. path = /backup
I tried adding the "guest only = yes" to the [netfiles] section and it didn't change anything. Here's my [netfiles] section again: [netfiles] comment = Network file storage space path = /backup read only = no guest only = yes public = yes Basically, what it's boiling down to is, I can create smb shares on my main drive, /dev/hda1, and access them fine from my XP system. It's only when I try to access a share that points to a mount on my alternate hard drive /dev/hdc1 is when I get the password prompts / error messages. I'm thinking it's a file system permissions problem, but looking at the permissions I don't see a difference between ones that work and those that don't :-( -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Craig White Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2005 17:57 To: samba@lists.samba.org Subject: Re: [Samba] Can't connect to smb share that's a mounted file system On Sat, 2005-11-12 at 16:42 -0700, Craig White wrote: > On Sat, 2005-11-12 at 17:33 -0600, Mike Hanby wrote: > > Howdy y'all, I have a new partition, /dev/hdc1 that's ext3 formatted. > > # mkfs.ext3 -L /backup /dev/hdc1 > > > > Then added it to /etc/fstab > > LABEL=/backup /backup ext3 defaults 1 2 > > > > As you can see I'm mounting the file system into directory /backup > > > > My smb.conf file has the following settings: > > > > security = share > > > > [netfiles] > > comment = Network file storage space > > path = /backup > > read only = no > > public = yes > > > > Now, before mounting /dev/hdc1, I can connect to the share from my XP system > > using: \\smbmachine\netfiles > > > > Then, I mount the file system to /backup: mount /dev/hdc1 and try to > > connect: \\smbmachine\netfiles > > > > This time XP either prompts me for a GUEST password, or I get an error > > "\\smbmachine\netfiles is not accessible." > > > > Here's the permissions: > > > > /backup directory before mounting /dev/hdc1 into it: > > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Nov 12 17:27 /backup > > > > Now, I mount /dev/hdc1 to /backup and here's the permissions > > drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Nov 12 17:31 /backup > > > > Any idea why I can browse into the netfiles share from my XP machine when > > /backup is just a directory, but not after mounting /dev/hdc1 to it? > > > > Thanks for any help, Mike > ---- > check the [netfiles] 'path' property > > \path is Windows pathing > /path is UNIX/Linux pathing > > samba is reading a UNIX/Linux path and so it is wrong... > > try 'testparm -s -v |less' to check for errors. > ---- also, I should have mentioned, you probably also would want something like in [general] guest account = SOME_ACCOUNT and possibly 'guest only' in [netfiles] see security = SHARE in 'man smb.conf' Craig -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba