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Need help editing smb.conf
For ease of organization, put all computers in the same Workgroup. This is done from the System applet in Control Panel, Computer Name tab. E. Create shares as desired. XP Home does not permit sharing of users' home directories (My Documents) or Program Files, but you can share folders inside those directories.

Can Someone tell me why I can't write to my SMB share?
My user is an Admin, and I can only write to the folders if I connect to the share using the UNC \\Server\e$ If I connect to \\Server\E from my workstation I can't Write to folders. What have I done wrong or what should I be looking for?? I didn't have this problem before on my old SBS 2003 server. Thanks!

Still can't network Linux and Windows - additional info
For some reason though I can't write to it. I have a few other shares setup as well that I can't write to What am I doing wrong? my smb.conf file: # Samba config file created using SWAT # from ws1.microkidz.com (216.224.92.3) # Date: 2000/07/13 10:59:01 # Global parameters [global] workgroup = MICROKIDZ netbios

Samba problem
The problem with copying all your files to all machines is that Macs can't write to NTFS (contact Bill Gates and complain) and WinBoxes can't write to HFS+ without 3rd party You could set up some kind of network share based on a large NAS drive; backing up over the network doesn't care what the file system is.

Samba and Permissions
I am not a Samba expert, but here is what I did: # Global parameters workgroup = CWI netbios name = CWARE1 interfaces = 192.168.1.1/24 max log size = 20 time server I can still read files, but I can't write to them. ^Carl Karsten ncf...@global.co.za wrote: What must I set in smb.conf in order to access my Samba

Accessing samba shares
Do I need to hope that the original developer remembers the Name, Organization and Workgroup ID? 3) Many have suggested that we upgrade to a newer version of Access, And I'd say I can read Visual Basic, but I can't write it. Thanks for reading through this long posting. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

LAN
If you delete the c$ share it wuill be recreated on the next boot. Best option is to add a new share to the c: drive and assign that user you want permissions to it. BTW You can't WRITE something to a READONLY share.. SuperGumby <n...@public.groups> wrote in message news:7q23bb$mq6$1@m2.c2.telstra-mm.net.au... how

How to cope with patches sanely
... Samba website and changed relevant names only: [global] workgroup = Netgroup netbios name = Host security = SHARE [data] comment = Data path = /data/bill force user = bill force group = net_users read only = No guest ok = Yes I can connect to the drive just fine and read files. I can't however, write anything.

Can Someone tell me why I can't write to my SMB share?
I came up with the following smb.conf file and Samba works, except that from NT I don't have write access to my home directory on Solaris. Any ideas? I have the same user and password on both NT and Solaris. I'm using NT SP4. TIA, -kin [global] workgroup = SYMMETRY_DOMAIN guest ok = Yes security = share read only

Help with Linux install, first time ever
You also get the benefit of having workgroup tasks and such that users are responsible for. Basically, your suspicions that this is being done wrong are correct and they Like FP complaining because it can't write a file somewhere. Or is it then just a matter of changing each developer to point FP to their own

W2Kpro/W98 Peer to Peer Saga
I mounted it, and share's it. When i logon localy under root, i can do what ever i want. but when i try it from a windows machine i can read but not write, it says it has a write protection. What i'm doing wrong? ---- start fstab LABEL=/ / ext2 usrquota,grpquota 1 1 LABEL=/boot /boot ext2 defaults 1 2 /dev/cdrom

cant reopen file saved on samba share
Tibor Karaszi tibor_please.no.email_kara...@hotmail.nomail.com microsoft public sqlserver server I repeat that the database server and the storage server are in workgroup and the ping command is possible. Ping doesn't require Windows authentication. Access to a share does. Can you login yourself using the service

Samba & Winbind Problem - Permissions?
Well if that web server was part of your network, and you could browse to a shared folder through windows workgroup or windows networking, then in fact you could open up the I'm sure in your small office network allows each other to share files. However, I can't see your files from my computer over here.

cannot add win2000 machine to network with 2 xp machines ...
Wouldn't that be great? Write for Discussion Boards: $1200 per week, Administer a Web Business from Home: $4000 per month, Transcribe Author's Notes: $80 per hour, to share files (versioned) and documents, track projects / milestones / tasks, engage in online group discussions, manage workgroup calendars etc.

Still can't network Linux and Windows
Nord, James JN...@ndsuk.com linux samba HI all, Having fixed the group issues from solaris having a default max of 16 groups I can now locally create and delete files on 5:everyone@:list_directory/read_data/read_xattr/execute/read_attributes /read_acl/synchronize:allow [global] workgroup = NDS-UK realm = UK.

cannot write to my shares
I was able to join the domain without a problem, and I can read the share from an xp box. I just cannot write to it: "Access denied". thanks specs: FC5 samba-common-3.0.23c-1.fc5 samba-3.0.23c-1.fc5 smb.conf: [global] name resolve order = host disable netbios = yes workgroup = DOMAIN realm = DOMAIN.

Samba OK, But...I can't write to the drive.
Put simply, you can't write software for Windows XP just because you own an XP machine. You have to pay more to write software. In fact, you aren't even allowed to You can't have 3 people share a PC if they are employees. This would constitute hosting services, therefore they would be in violation of the EULA.

Process started from service can't write files
LPH van Belle lvbe...@bazuin.nl linux samba make sure your pcname resolving works, as i can see sofar, i think thats your problem. Setup a Dynamic DNS on the PDC. People with mapped shares working for +1 year don't have connection problems. So most of the time it seems to work fine.

writing files to smbmounted mountpoint as user -not root
According to all the guides I read, this should be fairly easy really, but I've done nothing else for the last week and it still doesn't work the way the manual says it should! As far as I can see, everything is set up and working correctly right up to the point when I try and join a machine to the domain.

Problem connecting to Samba server
Anyway, eventhough the linux7 machine is visible, the nt boxes can't write to it (permission conflicts) and I'm wondering what I need to do. [global] workgroup = WORKGROUP hosts allow = xx.xx.xx. 127. remote announce = xx.xx.xx.255 security = share [homes] has been commented out as I didn't seem to need it and I've