Hi,
I'm trying to configure Samba to share some directories with other WinXP boxes over the home network. Security is not really an issue and there are no passwords but the exports are read-only.
Now I'm trying to share two directories. The first (actually numbered #2 in the config) is located on an ext3 partition and works as I like. It is accessible from the XP boxes and everything is fine. The second is located on a FAT32 partition. This directory ("shared") shows up when browsing the network, but trying to access its contents gives (the windows error message)
Quote:
\\Dvorak\shared is not accessible....
The network path was not found.
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Trying to access this share from konqueror gives a similar message about the file or folder not existing. I know that FAT32 doesn't store any information about file permissions but this doesn't seem to me to sound like a permissions issue. "testparm" doesn't complain about anything.
I've googled and googled all day and can't seem to find a solution to this.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions, here are some things which may be useful:
/etc/samba/smb.conf
Code:
#======================= Global Settings =======================
[global]
workgroup = WORKGROUP
server string = Samba
dns proxy = no
security = SHARE
log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
max log size = 1000
syslog = 0
panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d
encrypt passwords = true
passdb backend = tdbsam
obey pam restrictions = yes
invalid users = root
passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
passwd chat = *Enter\snew\sUNIX\spassword:* %n\n *Retype\snew\sUNIX\spassword:* %n\n *password\supdated\ssuccessfully* .
socket options = TCP_NODELAY
#======================= Share Definitions =======================
## This is the FAT32 share
[shared]
path = /home/njl/aux/~shared
read only = yes
guest ok = yes
## This is the ext3 share
[shared2]
path = /home/njl/local2/~shared2
read only = yes
guest ok = yes
/etc/fstab (relevant lines)
Code:
/dev/sdb1 /home/njl/local2 ext3 nouser,defaults,atime,auto,rw,dev,exec,suid 0 2
/dev/sdc1 /home/njl/aux vfat defaults,utf8,umask=007,uid=1000,gid=100,auto,rw,nouser,quiet 0 0
I should add that the directory /home/njl/aux/~shared does in fact exist.
