Samba cannot shared /home/username/download dir
 

I used Samba to share some files. But when I try to share /home/username/download, it is not accessible by WindowsXP. But when I modified the dir to /opt/*. It is OK. Please help to know why.

Please check the permissions for the /home/<username> directory:

ls -ld /home/<username>

drwx------ means it is not possible to access from windows. If it is for educational purpose, then feel free to change these permissions, else dont change it.

Thanks very much. I think it is the reason why.