Re: [Samba] Accessing Windows file-system from Linux samba server

2009-11-04 Thread Adam Nielsen
> I can browse in one share, but not the other, > although as far as I can see everything about them is identical, > except that they are on different drives: There must be some difference, otherwise it would work. > [r...@helen ~]# mount -t cifs -o user=tim,password=,rw //harriet/EAGC > /m

Re: [Samba] Accessing Windows file-system from Linux samba server

2009-11-04 Thread Timothy Murphy
Adam Nielsen wrote: > When you mount the share, specify a Windows username to connect as > (mount ... -o username=tim) Thanks for your response. But sadly, this does not make the slightest difference. Incidentally, the machine is running Windows XP Pro, and I am the Administrator. I can browse i

Re: [Samba] Accessing Windows file-system from Linux samba server

2009-11-03 Thread Adam Nielsen
> [...@helen samba]$ sudo mount -t cifs harriet:C /mnt/win Since you're not specifying a username or password, you're connecting as a Guest user. > [...@helen Documents and Settings]$ ls tim > ls: reading directory tim: Permission denied Obviously Guest isn't Tim :-) > [...@helen Documents and

[Samba] Accessing Windows file-system from Linux samba server

2009-11-01 Thread Timothy Murphy
I don't understand Windows permissions under Samba. I am running an smb server under CentOS-5.4, and have a Windows XP Pro machine ("harriet") as a client. I have set up shares C and D on harriet corresponding to the 2 drives C: and D: on the machine, and I have asked that files should be shared.