Samba or user??

Hi people,

Ive finally got my old p200 up and running, its running slack 8.1 and apache 1.3 (cant be bother updating ighter atm). I am sharing the /var/www/htdocs folder on my network.. i am accessing this folder through windows xp.. The problem is that i cannot write to it and cannot delete files etc.

My Samba File:

Code:

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[global]
blah blah

[WebSite]
path = /var/www/htdocs
browseable = yes
public = no
write list = dan

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I think the problem may be to do with "dan" not "owning" this folder or something.. but im not clear on how all that stuff works, any help??

I would also like to be able to create folders in this directory from my windows box.. (dont know if that possible, but then again i dont see why it souldnt be)

Thanks very much,
Dan

*bump*

Anyone hav any ideas ?? :?

Greetings,

Try this:

create mask = 0644
directory mask = 0755

Regards

Thanks for the reply,

i tryed adding those line to the samba config file, however the problem is still the same :(

Wheneva i try to do anything to the directory from the windows xp box i always get "Access Is Denied" ...

Thanks

Quote:

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Originally Posted by Unfit_Elf

Hi people,

Ive finally got my old p200 up and running, its running slack 8.1 and apache 1.3 (cant be bother updating ighter atm). I am sharing the /var/www/htdocs folder on my network.. i am accessing this folder through windows xp.. The problem is that i cannot write to it and cannot delete files etc.

My Samba File:

Code:

---

[global]
blah blah

[WebSite]
path = /var/www/htdocs
browseable = yes
public = no
write list = dan

---

I think the problem may be to do with "dan" not "owning" this folder or something.. but im not clear on how all that stuff works, any help??

I would also like to be able to create folders in this directory from my windows box.. (dont know if that possible, but then again i dont see why it souldnt be)

Thanks very much,
Dan

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take the write list = dan out
put writable = yes
change the file chmod -R 775 htdocsas stated earlier
cd /var/www then do a ls -la makesure that htdocs
dxwrxwrr-x root dan blah blab htdocs
-R == recusive so any directory mad in there will be the same permissions

here is the thing if your directony looks like this it wont work
dxwrxwrr-x root root blah blah
will not work
need to have a username in the group spot meaning dan
here is how to do that
chgrp -R dan htdocs
this will change to look like
dxwrxwrxr-x root dan <-----this is what you want
let me know if you need further assistance
Mike :D

PS if you get this working right you will be able to create and delete folders from your windows box.

Hi Mike

I folowed your instructions and when i got to doing ls -la the output was:

Code:

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drwxrwxr-x  3  root  root  blah  blah  htdocs

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so i did chgrp -R dan htdocs and it said "invalid group name 'dan'"??

Regards
Dan

Got it all sussed :D

Thanks very much for your help