Iam using samba and Ive got two shared folders one on the linux filesystems and another one on a fat32 share on the same HDD but on another partiton.The prob is that I have two shared folders both with the right permissions on samba one on /dev/hdc5 ..it is working correctly and the other one on /dev/hdc1 which I cant access..How should I change fstab "or anything else" so that I can set the permissions of the share on the vfat partiton so that I can access it through samba

Below are some "partial screen dumps" I can access [test file] but i can not access [public file]


[public file]
comment = Shared Files
path = /windows/ftp/fileserver/public
readonly = no
public = yes
writable = yes
guest ok = yes


[test file]
path = /home/ftp/ali
readonly = no
public = yes
writable = yes
guest ok = yes

NOCCBOX-MoreTech:~# df
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/hdc5 5020512 640756 4124728 14% /
tmpfs 63064 0 63064 0% /dev/shm
/dev/hdc1 13465320 4199768 9265552 32% /windows


NOCCBOX-MoreTech:~# cat /etc/fstab
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
/dev/hdc5 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
/dev/hdc1 /windows vfat defaults 0 2

Your Samba config looks correct. Make sure that your vfat partition is mounted read-write and that you can access it from your Linux account. Next check the file permissions and if your Samba users would not be allowed to access the vfat partition if logged in to the Linux box, consider using 'force group' or 'force user' in the Samba config to make all accesses via Samba use a particular group or user account.