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Date:      Wed, 25 Sep 2002 06:47:54 -0500
From:      Scott Robbins <scottro@nyc.rr.com>
To:        "Scott R." <reverend@sfmidimafia.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Simple Samba Question(?)
Message-ID:  <20020925114754.GA4756%scottro@despammed.com>
In-Reply-To: <3D915FE8.3010401@sfmidimafia.com>
References:  <3D915FE8.3010401@sfmidimafia.com>

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On Wed, Sep 25, 2002 at 12:04:08AM -0700, Scott R. wrote:
> [I am not currently subscribed to this mailing list, so please 'cc:' me 
> in any replies.  Thank you.]
> 
> I have a simple home network with one Windows XP machine and one FreeBSD 
> 4.6.2-RELEASE machine.  I am trying to set up a Samba share on the 
> FreeBSD machine that the WinXP box can read/write to.  I can get it to 
> read the share, but I cannot seem to write to it.  My config file is 
> really simple:
> 
> [global]
>         workgroup = MYWORKGROUP
>         netbios name = DRAGULA
>         security = SHARE
> 
> [Shared]
>         path = /u1
>         read only = No
>         guest ok = Yes
> 
> Every time I try to write to the share, I get an "Access Denied" error. 
> I'm using Samba 3.0a19.  I had this working before I moved and now I 
> cannot remember how I got it to work (I just remember it was a pain). 
> I've also searched high and low all over the net and come up with 
> nothing.  Any help you all may be able to offer would be greatly 
> appreciated.
> 
> -Scott


Hi Scott (good name by the way) :)

I have a page on Samba, that also has links to various other pages,
including a good trouble shooting one. It's more Linux oriented, but
might be of use--it's at
http://home.nyc.rr.com/computertaijutsu/samba.html

HTH

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Scott

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