Hiya -

I've just set up my network w/Linux SuSE 8.1 server (dual boot w/Win 98 directory) + Win ME laptop (i know, i know). I have a very, very basic smb.conf file to kick things off:

[global]
workgroup = MS
encrypt passwords = yes
oplocks = no
[test]
comment = testing
path = /usr/local/samba/tmp
read only = no
guest ok = yes

I can access the tmp directory via my laptop, no problem. And I can swap files, i.e. copy a file from the laptop to the tmp directory of the server, no problem.

When I change out the path line with

path = /windows/c

and that's the only thing I do, I can see that directory from my laptop, but I cannot copy a file to that directory. It so happens that this used to be the main directory on the hard disk, and where I'd like to dump some files.

Why can't I access this directory? It's the only thing I've changed in the above samba.conf file. I don't believe that there are any access distinctions for any directories.

Thanks.
YLP

You may be mounting the FAT32 partition (Win98's C Drive) as read-only in your /etc/fstab file. Double check those settings so they are read-write (rw).

Thanks for the reply. Hmmm, my fstab file reads as follows:

/dev/hda3 / reiserfs defaults 1 1
/dev/hda1 /windows/C vfat users,gid=users,umask=0002,iocharset=iso8859-1,code=437 0 0
/dev/hda2 swap swap pri=42 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts mode=0620,gid=5 0 0
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
usbdevfs /proc/bus/usb usbdevfs noauto 0 0
/dev/cdrom /media/cdrom auto ro,noauto,user,exec 0 0

I'm not sure what to make of this. I tried changing the verbage after vfat to "default 1 1" like the line above it, and it did not help. ???