Samba Permissions

[Elvis]

Stormblaze wrote:
> On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 16:12:12 +0100, shrek-m at gmx.de <shrek-m at gmx.de> wrote:
> 
>>Stormblaze wrote:
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>>>Ok, Samba is up and running. I can see the share I set up. However, I
>>>can not write to it. What I'd like to have is for the default to be
>>>read only and allow only certain users to write to it. So I set the
>>>read only property to yes then I supplied users for write and admin
>>>previledges. I log into my XP box as administrator and map to the
>>>share but I still can't write to it.
>>>
>>>I tried turning the read only setting off and still could not write to
>>>it. Any help? Here's my current smb.conf.
>>>
>>># Samba config file created using SWAT
>>># from 127.0.0.1 (127.0.0.1)
>>># Date: 2004/11/11 09:35:39
>>>
>>># Global parameters
>>>[global]
>>>      server string = Linux Server
>>>      interfaces = eth1
>>>      security = SHARE
>>>      preferred master = Yes
>>>      ldap ssl = no
>>>
>>>[Data]
>>>      path = /Data
>>>      admin users = root, admin, administrator
>>>      write list = root, admin, administrator
>>>      guest ok = Yes
>>>
>>>
>>
>># ll /Data
>>
>>$ man smb.conf
>>
>>writable = yes
>>or
>>writeable = yes
>>both should be ok.
> 
> 
> Tried that. Those two are synonyms for the read only attribute. I
> tried setting the share attribute read only to no. I still couldn't
> write to it.
> 
> 
>>valid users = mary fred
> 
> 
> I set guest ok to yes. Shouldn't this allow any users on? I'm doing
> this for testing right now. Is it possible that my XP box is
> remembering the settings for that share from the first time it logged
> in?
> 
> What I do is I change the settings. I restart both smbd and nmbd. I
> disconnect the drive that is mappened to the share. I re-connect and
> try.
> 
> 
>>check your settings with
>># testparm
>>
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Have you tried chmod 777 /Data ? Or if you are using acls, setfacl -m 
u::groupnameallowedtowrite /Data