Permissions to see Samba and other shares

[ians@ask-4-it.co.uk]

Having recently done a fedora install I was delighted to see that it found all network servers, Samba shares, NIS & NFS.

Unfortunately the default action will not allow me to open and write fles in these locations.

How do I correct this? [/img]file://home/ians/Screenshot-Eel.png[img]

Ian[/img]

[Opnosforatou]

You want to enable Windos machines to access shares on your linux machine?

Setup the samba.conf or smb.conf in the /etc directory and reboot the samba server. The location of the configuration file differs per distro.
But usualy it's /etc/samba and the file is named eiter samba.conf or smb.conf

Here is an example: :P

# Global parameters
[global]
        workgroup = MYWORKGROUP
        netbios name = LINUX
        server string = My Linux Server
        security = SHARE
        encrypt passwords = Yes
        update encrypted = Yes
        log file = /var/log/samba.%m
        preferred master = False
        local master = No
        domain master = False
        lock dir = /var/tmp
        default service = homes

[homes]
        comment = Home Directories
        read only = No
        browseable = No

[public]
        path = /opt/public
        read only = No

[printers]
        comment = All Printers
        path = /var/spool/samba
        printable = Yes
        browseable = No

Remember: The access level is defined as PER SHARE.
Make sure you log in with a name that has an account on you machine.

[ians@ask-4-it.co.uk]

The Samba set up is fine and windows clients can see and write to shares.

The Fedora box I have just set up can also see the shares but I get a dialogue box entitled "Can't Open Location" which says:

The default action can't open "filename" because it can't access files at "smb" locations. No other actions are available to view this file. If you copy this file onto your computer, you may be able to open it.

Thanks,

Ian