Hi , Everybody

I want to access the files from linux to windows ...... I shared the file from linux using samba server... and i am able to see the files which i shared but not able to map a network drive from win to that shared file.... whenever i am trying to map a network drive it gives me error like

"network path not found" why it was happened.....

then i checked the log file from redhat 9 system actually what happened

When i check the winsystem's log file(systemname .log) from Linux(redhat 9) it shows me error message like..

"sysname xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx can't change directory to /root/ zameer/file (permission denied) "

where

(win's systemname)sysname followed by (IPADRESS OF windows system )xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (followed by this message )can't change directory to /root/foldername (which is shared ) permission denied

I am really appreciate if anybody could help me to solve this problem


Thanking You All

you're sharing your root user directory on samba????? blimey...

it will be a permissions issue within the linux box. while you can say that samba should export a certain directory as a network share, the unix level filesystems still have to be enforced, and the user that is connected on samba won't have root permissions. At filesystem level you would need to use chmod to let users access a certain directory, or alternatively use chown to make the owner of the directory, the samba user account. but for the love of dogs, please pick a different place to share stuff!

know what same thing happened to me i just tried manipulating
the host allow, server string, map users,i tried adding security=users and
and even tried putting netbios name=linuxbox tried creating smbpasswd
and it worked but i placed a comment on the map users and netbios name
oh try ifconfig you can see the ip there maybe your problem could be their
ip address because in my case i just put the dynamic ip the computer is the
one that gives each boxes ip! £Ä3