SAMBA -- how to get unlimited read/write?

[Mark David]

I installed SAMBA and SWAT, latest versions. What I want to accomplish is to give Windows users unlimited read/write access to the entire filesystem, eg. (/). Barring that, I'd like to at least be able to configure full access to individual directories.

And by "unlimited", I mean being able to edit and delete everything that would be normally accessible only by the root user. I want to grant the Windows users of the shares access as if they were root users.

[MikeTbob]

I don't think there is any reason in the world to grant / access to anyone via Samba or any other method.....you're just asking for trouble.
I'm sure you can figure it out if you really want to...I'll even point you in the right direction.
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[rcgreen]

It is fairly easy to share the whole drive on a Windows machine,
or at least it used to be. With Win98 I remember just right
clicking C:\ and sharing the drive. With Samba it is tricky.
You not only give access in the Samba config, but you must
do it also in the file system. I share a folder in my home folder.
It is called archive, so I have to chmod 777 the
folder in order for it to be accessible to samba users. If you
want to share the whole system, you need to change the
permissions on the whole system. This may have unintended
consequences on how things work. Feel free to experiment!