I have samba running on RH 7.1.
I have configured one directory called /shared on the samba
server and there are 3 directorys below that. Directories 1 and
3 let me have full access to everything from a win2k client.
However directory 2 will not let me rename files. I can create
delete files and subdirectories. I can even rename subdirectories
I just can't rename files in the 2nd directory. I get a make sure file is not in use/access denied. I can't think of anything that would make this happen. I chown the directory /shared as well as chmod 777 (secerity is no issue). I don't know much more about samba to resolve this. When you LS at a console all rwx are there on the files in the 2nd directory. Any thoughts???

Thank you very much for any help on the subject.

Jamie

Samba.conf
# This is the main Samba configuration file. You should read the
# smb.conf(5) manual page in order to understand the options listed
# here. Samba has a huge number of configurable options (perhaps too
# many!) most of which are not shown in this example
#
# Any line which starts with a ; (semi-colon) or a # (hash)
# is a comment and is ignored. In this example we will use a #
# for commentry and a ; for parts of the config file that you
# may wish to enable
#
# NOTE: Whenever you modify this file you should run the command "testparm"
# to check that you have not many any basic syntactic errors.
#
#======================= Global Settings =====================================
[global]
path = /shared
force directory mode = 777
create mode = 777
printing = lprng
force create mode = 777
dns proxy = no
encrypt passwords = yes
null passwords = yes
socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
valid users = jamie
printcap name = /etc/printcap
force user = jamie
max log size = 0
writable = yes
directory mode = 777
security = user
ssl ca certfile = /usr/share/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt
server string = Samba Server
workgroup = WORKGROUP
delete readonly = yes
netbios name = lcars
log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
load printers = yes
guest account = jamie
public = yes

[homes]
comment = Home Directories
browseable = no
writable = yes

# Un-comment the following and create the netlogon directory for Domain Logons
; [netlogon]
; comment = Network Logon Service
; path = /home/netlogon
; guest ok = yes
; writable = no
; share modes = no


# Un-comment the following to provide a specific roving profile share
# the default is to use the user's home directory
;[Profiles]
; path = /home/profiles
; browseable = no
; guest ok = yes


# NOTE: If you have a BSD-style print system there is no need to
# specifically define each individual printer
[printers]
comment = All Printers
path = /var/spool/samba
browseable = no
# Set public = yes to allow user 'guest account' to print
guest ok = no
printable = yes

# This one is useful for people to share files
;[tmp]
; comment = Temporary file space
; path = /tmp
; read only = no
; public = yes

# A publicly accessible directory, but read only, except for people in
# the "staff" group
;[public]
; comment = Public Stuff
; path = /home/samba
; public = yes
; writable = yes
; printable = no
; write list = @staff

# Other examples.
#
# A private printer, usable only by fred. Spool data will be placed in fred's
# home directory. Note that fred must have write access to the spool directory,
# wherever it is.
;[fredsprn]
; comment = Fred's Printer
; valid users = fred
; path = /homes/fred
; printer = freds_printer
; public = no
; printable = yes

# A private directory, usable only by fred. Note that fred requires write
# access to the directory.
;[fredsdir]
; comment = Fred's Service
; path = /usr/somewhere/private
; valid users = fred
; public = no
; writable = yes
; printable = no

# a service which has a different directory for each machine that connects
# this allows you to tailor configurations to incoming machines. You could
# also use the %u option to tailor it by user name.
# The %m gets replaced with the machine name that is connecting.
;[pchome]
; comment = PC Directories
; path = /usr/pc/%m
; public = no
; writable = yes

# A publicly accessible directory, read/write to all users. Note that all files
# created in the directory by users will be owned by the default user, so
# any user with access can delete any other user's files. Obviously this
# directory must be writable by the default user. Another user could of course
# be specified, in which case all files would be owned by that user instead.
;[public]
; path = /usr/somewhere/else/public
; public = yes
; only guest = yes
; writable = yes
; printable = no

# The following two entries demonstrate how to share a directory so that two
# users can place files there that will be owned by the specific users. In this
# setup, the directory should be writable by both users and should have the
# sticky bit set on it to prevent abuse. Obviously this could be extended to
# as many users as required.
;[myshare]
; comment = Mary's and Fred's stuff
; path = /usr/somewhere/shared
; valid users = mary fred
; public = no
; writable = yes
; printable = no
; create mask = 0765



[shared]
path = /shared
writable = yes
valid users = jamie

try adding "case sensitive = no" to the [shared] section. I had weird errors like that with some files because of that...

When you chown and chmod, make sure to use the -R option to recursively chown and chmod everything inside the /shared directory. Also use the -v option to see what's going on. Check the permissions too, make sure that "jamie" owns the directories and files.

As a test, try creating another (fourth) folder from Windoze in the shared area, and check it's perms/ownership, make sure it's not doing anything weird.

Thanks Sewer_monkey for the help.
I added the case sensitive line to the smb.conf file and restarted the service. I as well put the -R and -v on chown and mod and everything looked error free. It still won't let me rename (modify) files in the 2nd directory. I created a 4th and copied files into it and I could rename them just fine. Jamie is the owner listed on all directories and files.

I have found out a few interesting things about my rename problem. Directory 2 is where all mp3's are stored. When I rename the extention from mp3 to lets say doc I can rename the entire file. If I move a MP3 to directory 1 or 3 I get the same: "Make sure disk isn't full or write protected." when i rename. It appears to be the MP3 extention itself that is causing the error. I don't know what that problem would be, anyone have a clue?

I think I got it figured out. The problem I believe is ...of course win2k. I installed win2k on another machine and mapped the drive to the shared folder and I have full access to anything and everything. It is only from my current machine that I have this problem.