How do i add a second hard drive to use for unrestricted file sharing? no user privileges/rights,etc

[gizmo911uk]

Hi all.

Well first off i am using a cobalt qube 3 sever which uses linux 2.4 (thats why am here) and this is what i want to know?

How do i add a second hard drive to use for unrestricted file sharing?

By this i mean no user privileges/rights, etc.. etc.. etc.. just a free for all area.

I have been able to get my new hard drive partitioned, formated and mounted as "/home1" and i have started editing the smb.conf file to share the whole drive out.

I have been able to get it so i can view the share in my win xp machine but i am not able to write anything to it, i get access denied. This is the code i added to the bottom if the smb.conf file, what am i doing wrong?

;;start unrestricted area.
[Shared]
comment = shared drive
available = 1
path = /home1
guest only = yes
writable = yes
browsable = yes
public = yes
create mask = 777
directory mask = 777
guest ok = true
;;end unrestricted area.


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here is a copy of my smb.conf file, which my help.
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; Samba Configuration
; Revision 1.0 for the 2700RJ, jdblair@cobaltnet.com 17.oct.98
;
; DO NOT USE THE \ CONTINUATION! THE QUBE PARSING CODE WILL CHOKE ON IT!
;
[global]
max connections = 25
guest account = guest-share
client code page = 850
workgroup = LOANE-NET
domain logons = no
domain master = no
wins support = no
printer admin = @winshare
log file = /var/log/samba/log
time server = yes
logon home = \\%L\%U
logon path = \\%L\profiles\%U\profile
add user script = /sbin/addWindowsMachine.pl
domain admin group = @winshare
username map = /etc/samba/smbusers
nt acl support = yes
map to guest = bad user
server string = Cobalt Qube 3
os level = 1
short preserve case = yes
preserve case = yes
local master = yes
lock directory = /var/lock/samba
locking = yes
strict locking = yes
security = user
socket options = TCP_NODELAY
max log size = 5000
veto files = /Network Trash Folder/.AppleDouble/.AppleDesktop/Icon
/
encrypt passwords = yes
dead time = 5
debug level = 1
dns proxy = no
local master = yes
preferred master = yes
alternate permissions = no
browseable = yes
case sensitive = no
default case = upper
delete readonly = yes
follow symlinks = yes
locking = yes
mangle case = no
map hidden = yes
map system = yes
oplocks = yes
preserve case = yes
short preserve case = yes
strict locking = yes
delete veto files = yes
wide links = yes
security mask = 777
directory security mask = 777
;
[homes]
comment = Home Directories
browseable = no
read only = no
create mask = 0755
;
;;home begin -- do not edit this line
[home]
available = 1
comment = share for home
valid users = admin @home
create mask = 664
directory mask = 775
path = /home/groups/home
writeable = yes
;;guest ok = true
;
;;home end -- do not edit this line
;;guest-share begin -- do not edit this line
[guest-share]
available = 1
comment = share for guest-share
create mask = 664
directory mask = 775
path = /home/groups/guest-share
writeable = yes
guest ok = true
;
;;guest-share end -- do not edit this line
;;restore begin -- do not edit this line
[restore]
available = 1
comment = share for restore
valid users = admin @restore
create mask = 664
directory mask = 775
path = /home/groups/restore
writeable = yes
;;guest ok = true
;
;;restore end -- do not edit this line

[netlogon]
browseable = yes
comment = Network Logon Service
guest ok = yes
writeable = no
share modes = no
path = /home/netlogon

[profiles]
guest ok = no
writeable = yes
path = /home/profiles

;;start printers section. DO NOT EDIT THIS LINE
[printers]
available = 0
path = /var/spool/samba
print ok = yes
printing = lprng
load printers = yes
guest ok = no
printcap file = /etc/printcap
print command = /usr/bin/lpr -P%p -r %s
lpq command = /usr/bin/lpq -P%p
lprm command = /usr/bin/lprm -P%p %j
lppause command = /usr/sbin/lpc hold %p %j
lpresume command = /usr/sbin/lpc release %p %j
queuepause command = /usr/sbin/lpc -P%p stop
queueresume command = /usr/sbin/lpc -P%p start
;;end printers section. DO NOT EDIT THIS LINE

;;start print section. DO NOT EDIT THIS LINE
[print$]
path = /usr/local/samba/printers
guest ok = yes
browseable = yes
read only = yes
write list = @winshare,root
;;end print section. DO NOT EDIT THIS LINE

;;start unrestricted area.
[Shared]
comment = shared drive
available = 1
path = /home1
guest only = yes
writable = yes
browsable = yes
public = yes
create mask = 777
directory mask = 777
guest ok = true
;;end unrestricted area.

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[Roxoff]

Make sure that plain text passwords are turned on in Windows XP.

Add Force Group and Force User settings to the share.

I'd also consider formatting the hard drive using FAT32 as well - that would remove any unix permissions whatsoever!

[gizmo911uk]

didn't really get much chance to work with my server until now. I decided to format my drive as fat32.

and here is my fstab entry:

/dev/hdb1 /shared vfat defaults,umask=000 0 0

and here is my smb.conf entry:

;;start unrestricted area.
[Shared]
comment = Shared Drive - FAT32
path = /shared
guest ok = true
browseable = yes
writeable = yes
read only = no
public = yes
create mask = 0777
directory mask = 0777
;;end unrestricted area.

I can now create files and folders in my new shared drive using my win xp machine but the files are not visible, although the folders however are. What have i done wrong and how do i correct this.

[Roxoff]

You probably need to a client-end refresh after creating files; sometimes things get out of sync. Try pressing F5 on the windows view.

[gizmo911uk]

restarted both the server and the client machine but still the same thing happens, i can create/transfer both folders and files, but only the folders are visible in windows pc.

[jekamean]

Have you checked to makesure the files are not hidden? Linux might be making hidden files when you transfer them.

[gizmo911uk]

The files are there but they are hidden when i use my FTP client to log on yo the server i can few the files then.

How do i make the visible?

[jekamean]

on windows you can click on "i believe" tools, folder options and click on show hidden files, also you can right click on the foler and make sure it's not clicked hidden in the properties;

[gizmo911uk]

i have tried that but still no go. the files still stay hidden from and of my windows machines. but it is defiantly there when i connect using FTP and i can delete it from within there.

[Roxoff]

Have you still got:

available = 1

in your share definitions? It should be 'available = yes' or 'available = no'!

You could be confusing samba.