Samba share no writable

[Rich0379]

I have setup samba. I am able to see the folder I shared but not write, delete, or modify in the directory. I have pasted part of my smb.conf file. Any ideas what I am doing wrong.

[lampp]
comment = LAMPP directory share
path = /opt/lampp
valid user = root backup
public = yes
writable = yes
readonly = no
printable = no

[trickster]

Did you authenticated to the shared folder as "root" or as "backup"?

[Rich0379]

Neither…. How do I do that?

I did do this:
#cat /etc/passwd |grep backup |mksmbpasswd.sh >/etc/samba/smbpasswd
#cat /etc/passwd |grep root |mksmbpasswd.sh >/etc/samba/smbpasswd

And set the passwords.

[trickster]

What operating system are you using to access the shares?

From your client, you need to authenticate to the server that holds the share before accessing the data.

[Rich0379]

I am using W2K but at some point I would exept 9X machines to access this share.

When I access the share \\cvserver I a prompted for a username and password, root will not work but my user "backup" will

[trickster]

I think you need to separate the users by a comma.

[lampp]
comment = LAMPP directory share
path = /opt/lampp
valid user = root,backup
public = yes
writable = yes
readonly = no
printable = no

[Rich0379]

Nope still getting “Access Denied” message.

Do I have to create permissions and ownership on the directory?

[trickster]

Here is a PET on setting up permissions.

[Rich0379]

Problem solved

#chmod 0777 \opt\lampp

I have to fine tune the permissions and security, but that points me in the right direction.

Thanks a heck of a lot

[trickster]