Re: [PLUG] samba server frustration

[Julien Vehent <julien@linuxwall.info>]

On 01/30/2011 12:45 PM, Adam Zion wrote:
> OK, so I'm trying to set up my Ubuntu box as a Samba server, something
> which I have done successfully in the past. This time, though, no
> luck. No, that's not quite true- if it simply hadn't worked at all,
> that would have been better. What I have is something which *almost*
> works, but not quite.
>
> What I get is a server where I can use XP or Mac clients to mount in
> read-only mode, but not w/write privileges. Obviously, that's useless.
>
> I've created the correct users w/the correct passwords, and the drive
> permissions are clearly correct, since I have no problem accessing the
> files locally. It's got to be the smb.conf file. So, can someone send
> me a copy of their working smb.conf, before I lose what tiny bit
> remains of my mind?

Hi Adam,

Out of the (debian) box, I have my samba configuration working with the 
following section in /etc/samba/smb.conf

[data]
        comment = Data Directory
        path = /data
        browseable = yes
        read only = no
        directory mask = 0775
        create mask = 0775
        guest ok = no

I had a write problem but it was due to the external harddrive that was 
in NTFS, and basic NTFS support doesn't do write. I had to mount it with 
ntfs-3g.

Julien
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