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I have a shared file in my /homes directory called Shared. I created it as root, then changed the permissions and ownership. It's owned by me, not root, and is ...
  1. 09-08-2005 #1
    jeremy1701
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    Samba Question

    I have a shared file in my /homes directory called Shared. I created it as root, then changed the permissions and ownership. It's owned by me, not root, and is chmoded to 777 so that anyone can write to it. Perfect, everyone on the boxen now has a shared folder.

    However, when I try to write to it over the network from my windows computer (via Samba), I get a permission error.

    Code:
    touch //Pepper/Shared
    Says permission denied no matter who I'm logged in as on the Windows box. That sucks, becuase I'd like to rsync my Shared windows foler with the Shared Linux folder.

    How do I setup Samba so that anyone can write to the share?
    Jeremy
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  2. 09-09-2005 #2
    aioshin
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    I know you are not new to linux, but just in case that you forgot to put a writable = yes like below in your config
    #######in your smb.conf file
    [shared]
    comment = qa group's shared files
    path = /location/shared
    valid users = you others
    browseable = yes
    writable = yes
    ####################
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