Ok everything was working great.........was working great
as /mnt/server is mapped in my windows xp machine as H: it has always allowed me to copy files into that directory.and all of a sudden it just won't let me.
here is my fstab and smb.conf file.
fstab file
# This file is edited by fstab-sync - see 'man fstab-sync' for details
# device name mount point fs-type options dump-freq pass-num
/dev/hda3 / ext3 defaults 1 1
/dev/hda1 /boot ext3 defaults 1 2
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
none /tmp tmpfs defaults 0 0
# my removable media
/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom udf,iso9660 noauto,ro 0 0
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto, 0 0
/dev/hda2 swap swap defaults 0 0
# Other
/dev/hda5 /mnt/server vfat auto,rw,user 0 0
/dev/hdb1 /mnt/storage vfat umask=000 0 0
/dev/hdb5 /mnt/files ext3 defaults 1 2
/dev/hdb6 /mnt/other ext3 defaults 1 2
smb.conf file
# Samba config file created using SWAT
# from 127.0.0.1 (127.0.0.1)
# Date: 2006/05/12 14:20:06
[global]
dos charset = 850
unix charset = ISO8859-1
workgroup = MDKGROUP
netbios name = LOCALHOST
server string = Samba Server %v
security = share
encrypt passwords = No
log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
max log size = 50
server signing = auto
preferred master = No
domain master = No
ldap ssl = no
hosts allow = 192.168.3.1/255.255.255.0
[printers]
comment = All Printers
path = /var/spool/samba/
read only = No
create mask = 0700
guest ok = Yes
printable = Yes
use client driver = Yes
browseable = No
[print$]
path = /var/lib/samba/printers/
write list = @adm, root
read only = No
inherit permissions = Yes
guest ok = Yes
[pdf-gen]
comment = PDF Generator (only valid users)
path = /var/tmp/
read only = No
guest ok = Yes
printable = Yes
printing = bsd
print command = /usr/share/samba/scripts/print-pdf "%s" "%H" "//%L/%u" "%m" "%I" "%J" &
lpq command = /bin/true
lprm command = lprm -P'%p' %j
[server]
browseable = yes
public = yes
create mask = 777
directory mask = 777
comment = server share
path = /mnt/server
writable = yes
can anyone see any major errors.when you drag and drop a file from xp into the mapped directory in my computer it says "cannot find the specified file" this doesn't make sense and it does not matter what file you choose to copy to that location.another thing is you can drag files from the directory onto the desktop no worries at all.
also on the linux (mandriva 2006) machine if you look at thje properties of /mnt/server it is 755.(everything is checked except for user and group "write") if you then select both write check boxes it automatically un-checks them again.
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Dean