Map Windows drive to Samba

[smurff289]

I cant seem to correctly map a drive to Samba. I am able to access the folders and open them. However, I cannot write or edit. I am using "net use x:\\ipadress\var\www user:'username' 'password' and I map it this way I can connect. But when I map it "net use x:\\ipadress\'Sharename' I get incorrect network password. Not sure if this has something to do with it. Here is my Samba.conf file

======================= Global Settings =====================================
[global]
log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
load printers = yes
smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd
guest account = mfitzpatrick
passwd chat = *New*password* %n\n *Retype*new*password* %n\n *passwd:*all*authentication*tokens*updated*success fully*
obey pam restrictions = yes
socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
write list = mfitzpatrick
username map = /etc/samba/user.map
null passwords = yes
encrypt passwords = yes
public = yes
passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
dns proxy = no
writeable = yes
printing = cups
server string = Samba Server
delete readonly = yes
unix password sync = yes
workgroup = 'SEVERNAME'
os level = 20
force user = mfitzpatrick
valid users = mfitzpatrick
printcap name = /etc/printcap
security = user
create mode = 777
max log size = 0
pam password change = yes
directory mode = 777

#============================ Share Definitions ==============================
[Trike]
writeable = yes
printable = no
path = /root/var/www
create mask = 0777
comment = this should work
valid users = mfitzpatrick
public = no
security = user

[zindello]

what is the output of:

ls -la /root/var/www

Its possible that your local permissions on the box arent letting samba write to that dir

What user is samba running as?

[calix]

Well, one issue I see is that your share is in the root users home directory. In order for your mfitzpatrick user to have access to the share that user will need root access, which if that is the case is a bad idea.
I am also assuming you have added mfitzpatrick as a samba user by issuing a

smbpasswd -a mfitzpatrick

Most likely it is a permissions issue on the files themselves.

[ImChipBrown]

The first question I have to ask is, what version of Windows. I've got no trouble reading writing or creating files between Winows XP Pro and/or Vista (I think) with my Ubuntu machine. The Vista machine was "upgraded" to Windows 7 Home Premium, and all went to garbage.

With much screwing around, I can mount, read and write to a Win7 drive as a guest, but can't overwrite - big problem for rsync.

Using the Places->Network or Places->Connect to Server hangs up on the "password", even thought I set and know the password and have a user account on the Win7 machine.

[zindello]

Well, one issue I see is that your share is in the root users home directory. In order for your mfitzpatrick user to have access to the share that user will need root access, which if that is the case is a bad idea.
I am also assuming you have added mfitzpatrick as a samba user by issuing a

smbpasswd -a mfitzpatrick

Most likely it is a permissions issue on the files themselves.

Not nessecarily, the fact that the user can log in and map the drive would suggest he has his smbpassword sorted out. The user doesnt nessecarily need root access, as you can set a group level permission on that folder to include the user he is trying to access the folder with.

Which brings me back to my earlier question

Whats your ls -la of the folder on the linux box that your trying to share?

[zindello]

The first question I have to ask is, what version of Windows. I've got no trouble reading writing or creating files between Winows XP Pro and/or Vista (I think) with my Ubuntu machine. The Vista machine was "upgraded" to Windows 7 Home Premium, and all went to garbage.

With much screwing around, I can mount, read and write to a Win7 drive as a guest, but can't overwrite - big problem for rsync.

Using the Places->Network or Places->Connect to Server hangs up on the "password", even thought I set and know the password and have a user account on the Win7 machine.

He's trying to access a samba share running on a linux server from a windows PC, not a share on a windows pc from a linux box.

[smurff289]

I have created my user name/password inside Samba however, I don't see where I can elevate permissions for a user. Where would I change the permissions on the box to allow SAMBA to write to it? I'm using Windows XP.

[smurff289]

what is the output of:
ls -la /root/var/www

This is the ls -la of the file im trying to edit. But I cannot edit any file or write to this folder. All I seem to have is veiw/list and read

-rwxrwxrwt 1 mfitzpat root 64070 May 25 02:15 trikes.txt

[ImChipBrown]

I have a directory /home/steve

I go to Places->Computer

I see an icon for Filesystem and click it. There I see all the guts, including a Home folder. I click that and see steve. I right-click that and I get two chances to share the folder; one on the menu itself and one on the Permissions tab. I share the folder with a sharename stevelinux and allow others to read and write. I share everything below. From an XP, I can't see the guts (/etc /var /sbin) directories, but I can read and write to stevelinux. From the XP machine, my linux username and password works.

I have an XP install on the same drive/different partition - NTFS. I mount this in fstab.

/dev/sda1 /media/XP ntfs defaults,rw 0 0

I'll leave it to others to explain, but the /media directory is part of the "guts" XP can't see, but it can see the folder named XP under /media. I checked, and the owner is root, the share tab shows no checkmarks, but I'm able to read and write to this from both Ubuntu and from XP on a networked machine running XP.

[smurff289]

I have a directory /home/steve
I go to Places->Computer

Sounds like this would fix my issue I think... Except I cant find 'Places' or 'Computer' or 'Filesystem'