Hi,
I have managed to set up file sharing between my Linux box (Redhat 9.0) and my Laptop (XP Pro) via Samba across wireless Adhoc Nics . My problem is : on my linux box I have a local Fat partition mounted. I can view this partition across the network (from XP - Network Neighbourhood) but am unable to write to it ** Access is Denied **. Can anyone help me set this up......what am I doing wrong???

The relevant parts of smb.conf file is as follows :

[global]
security = SHARE

[MP3]
comment = share
path = /mnt/FAT
public = yes
browsable = yes
writeable = yes
guest ok = yes

Thanx in advance.
Dasha

I have Linux with Windows on the same machine. By Default it disables writing to another partition(i.e Windows) while using linux. I have full read access to it. I dont know if that is the Same with Red Hat.

It says that its dangerous to write to another partition while using linux.(could corrupt both systems).


I dont know if that is what your refering to but i hope this provides some insight

Yes and no... but mostly no.

Reading and writing directly to a FAT partition from Linux is OK.
However, writing directly to a NTFS partition from Linux is dangerous. NTFS write support is experimental.

Note that I said directly, if you use Samba as a "proxy" to write to windows (any version), it is perfectly safe to do so.
Also, if you are using Samba, you do not need to create a FAT partition in order to share files. Samba can share files on a linux partition with any windows system.


If you still want to allow write access on a FAT, you will need to edit the /etc/fstab file. You should have a line for vfat.
You will need to add "user,umask=000" on that line.
For example:
This will allow any user to read and write to the FAT partition. You can add better security afterwards.


Also, in Samba, "public = yes" and "guest = ok" are the same thing.

mathieu, i forgot all about file systems especially FAT. Because its not in use as much as used to I was thinking of NTFS. I should have read the post more clearly.

Thanks for the correction though.

Thanx for your replies. Thing is : I can write to the Fat partition when in Linux, but not across the network (from XP). But I will try adding that to my fstab tonight.....from memory I have my FAT drive set as defualt in fstab. Let u know how it goes.