RE: Samba Problem

try this

[homes]
	comment = Home Directories
	read only = No

That should do the trick.  Also, why don't you try using user level security
instead of share level?
  -----Original Message-----
  From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of CH ENGINEERING CO.
  Sent: Friday, 1 November 2002 12:39 AM
  To: [email protected]
  Subject: Samba Problem


  Hi! I am still having the following problem and hope someone can lay a
helping hand.


  "Les Mikesell" <[email protected]> wrote in message
  news:lTCu9.110572$md1.22452@sccrnsc03...
  >
  > "Oswald" <[email protected]> wrote in message
  > news:[email protected]...
  > > Hi!  I tried to set up a Samba server for LAN of size 10 Window
clients.
  > > After I set up the Samba as recommended: -
  > >
  > >     [home]
  > >                path = \home\chee\tmp
  > >                guest ok = Yes
  >
  > This shares a single specific directory and allows
  > anyone to connect without authentication as
  > the guest user.  This might be OK for a public
  > shared directory.
  >
  > > (2) Adding the Samba users by entering
  > >      useradd -m Peter
  > >      passwd Peter
  > >      cat /etc/passwd | /usr/bin/mksmapasswd.sh > /etc/samba/smbpasswd
  > >      smbpasswd Peter
  >
  > This implies that you really don't want to connect using
  > the guest account.
  >
  > > I thought my '\' convention was wrong, so I changed the path =
  > > \home\chee\tmp to path = /home/chee/tmp.  This time, I double click
the
  > > 'home' folder in the Samba folder, it opened.  But it's empty!?  I
  double
  > > confirmed the AutoCAD file is in the Samba server /home/chee/tmp.  I
am
  > > stuck!
  >
  > You are making the samba connection under the guest account
  > which is not likely to have read permission to someone else's
  > home directory on the Linux side.  You could fix it by changing
  > the permissions, but you probably want something like:
  >
  > [homes]
  >    comment = Home Directories
  >    browseable = no
  >    writable = yes
  >    valid users = %S
  >    create mode = 0664
  >    directory mode = 0775
  >
  > which is slightly magic in that when you browse the machine
  > shares from a windows box you only see your own home
  > directory, i.e. the one whose name matches the name you
  > use to log into your windows machine.
  >
  > ----
  >    Les Mikesell
  >      [email protected]
  >
  >

   Hi!

  Thank you for your reply and helps.  I amended the /etc/samba/smb.conf as
  suggested.  However, I encounter new problems.
  In the Window client, I login as "Peter" and I can see the Linux Ser fine.
  However, when I
  clicked the Linux Ser, it did not promp me for passward but go right to
the
  Netbios Name CHEE folder.  When I clicked on the CHEE folder, it was an
  empty folder.  (I would expected to see "Peter" and "Secretary" folder in
my
  /home.  And in /home/Peter I should see /tmp with an AutoCAD file try.dwg
in
  it.)

  However, when I am login as "root" from the window client I can see my
root
  folder and every
  thing in it under the CHEE folder (but I can not see other share Peter and
  Secretary)  .
  I may missed something in my smb.conf.  My revised smb.conf file is as
  following:-

  # Samba config file created using SWAT
      # from chee_ch.com (127.0.0.1)
      # Date : 2002/10/26
      # Global parmeters
      [global]
                 workgroup = CH
                 netbios name = CHEE
                 security =SHARE
                 encrypt passward = Yes
                 pam passward change = Yes
                 passward program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
                 passwd chat = *New*passward* %n\n*
                 *Retype*new*passwd*%n\n*passwd:*all*
                 *authentication*token*updated*successfully*
                 log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
                 max log size = 0
                 socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF = 8192 SO_SNDBUF =
  8192
                 dus proxy = No
                 printing = lprng
      [printers]
                 comment = All printer
                 path = /var/spool/samba
                 printeble = Yes
                 brawsable = No
      [home]
                 comment = Home Directories
                 browseable = no
                 writable = yes
                 valid users = %S
                 create mode = 0664
                 directory mode = 0775

  My intention is to set up a Samba file server for the window client with
  each user login to their own /home (Peter, Secretary etc) directory.  I
  think the above may be due permission I set to Peter and Secretary.  How
to
  correct it?

  Your reply is appreciated.  Thank you.

  Oswald

  p/s I am having problem with my ISP newsgroup server for the past month,
  sorry if I double posted this message.