samba shares in FC4

[Craig Preston]

Try changing the group to Samba or something other than root. 

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[mailto:fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Louis E Garcia II
Sent: Friday, 24 February 2006 2:17 PM
To: fedora-list at redhat.com
Subject: Re: samba shares in FC4

$ ls -ld /data/public
drwxrwsrwx  3 root root 4096 Feb 14 19:05 /data/public


> I don't think the fact it is on a separate partiotion should have 
> anything to do with it. I take it the directory exists, and you 
> haven't accidentally created a file called public in the data 
> directory. If you go ls -ld /data/public it sees the directory ok?
>
> > Yes it was a typo. 
> > 
> > Your suggestion didn't help. I know I have the conf file right 
> > because if I change the public share to something under / like /boot

> > it works fine. But because /data is a separate partition I'm having
trouble.
> > 
> > > I that a typo? Guest ok - yes, should be an =
> > > 
> > > Set writable = yes in the public section and remove read only.
> > > 
> > > Hope that helps
> > 
> > > > I am trying to share a directory in FC4. readable and writable
to everyone.
> > > > 
> > > > The directory is /data/public : 2777 root:root. It is an ext3
partition.
> > > > 
> > > > This is my smb.conf:
> > > > 
> > > > [global]
> > > >         workgroup = HOMENETWORK
> > > >         netbios name = server
> > > >         server string = Samba Server
> > > >         security = SHARE
> > > >         guest account = guest
> > > >         hosts allow = 127.0.0.1, 192.168.0.0/24
> > > >         hosts deny = 192.168.0.1/24
> > > > 
> > > > [public]
> > > >         comment = Public Stuff
> > > >         path = /data/public
> > > >         read only = No
> > > >         guest ok = Yes
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > I am able to browse the server but when I open the share public 
> > > > I get an error that the directory doesn't exist.
> > > > 
> > > > The /data directory is a ext3 partition. I am able to share a 
> > > > directory in the / partition with no problems.
> > > > 
> > > > I am stumped. --Louis
> > > > 

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