Hi, i am trying to share a partition in Kubuntu Linux with my windows computers, the partition is an NTFS partition, i cant format it and make it a Linux partition due to the fact that i have too much stuff on it and have no means of backing it up. So how do i share them, or even get the widnows computers to see the Linux computer?, i guess changing the part in the smb.config (i think thats the name of the file) that is Workgroup = ( ) to Workgroup = Workgroup, but the thing is, i cant change the file as i dont have permissions, i guess i gotta be logged in as root, i logged out and tried to logg in as root but Kubuntu does not allow root loggins.
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Ok, done it, i can now see the computer in My network Places, i have shared the partition (media/hda1) i open up CELERY (the computer name) in My Network Places, then i click on my files, it says its not accesible and that i might not have permission to use this network resource and that the group name could not be found.
[code][global]
; General server settings
netbios name = CELERY
server string =
workgroup = WORKGROUP
announce version = 5.0
socket options = TCP_NODELAY IPTOS_LOWDELAY SO_KEEPALIVE SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
passdb backend = tdbsam
security = user
null passwords = true
username map = /etc/samba/smbusers
name resolve order = hosts wins bcast
wins support = yes
printing = CUPS
printcap name = CUPS
syslog = 1
syslog only = yes
; NOTE: If you need access to the user home directories uncomment the
; lines below and adjust the settings to your hearts content.
;[homes]
;valid users = %S
;create mode = 0600
;directory mode = 0755
;browseable = no
;read only = no
;veto files = /.{}/.*/mail/bin/
; NOTE: Only needed if you run samba as a primary domain controller.
; Not needed as this config doesn’t cover that matter.
;[netlogon]
;path = /var/lib/samba/netlogon
;admin users = Administrator
;valid users = %U
;read only = no
; NOTE: Again - only needed if you’re running a primary domain controller.
;[Profiles]
;path = /var/lib/samba/profiles
;valid users = %U
;create mode = 0600
;directory mode = 0700
;writeable = yes
;browseable = no
; NOTE: Inside this place you may build a printer driver repository for
; Windows - I’ll cover this topic in another HOWTO.
[print$]
path = /var/lib/samba/printers
browseable = yes
guest ok = yes
read only = yes
write list = root
create mask = 0664
directory mask = 0775
[printers]
path = /tmp
printable = yes
guest ok = yes
browseable = no
; Uncomment if you need to share your CD-/DVD-ROM Drive
;[DVD-ROM Drive]
;path = /media/cdrom
;browseable = yes
;read only = yes
;guest ok = yes
[MyFiles]
path = /home/samba
browseable = yes
read only = no
guest ok = yes
create mask = 0644
directory mask = 0755
force user = Will
force group = Will [/code]
Any ideas whats wrong?, there must be some way to get it working 
Could be a Windows issue, since samba seems to be working ok. Also check that you’ve correctly added the samba users to use the resource.
How do i check, i dont see what i could of done wrong though :s
You have to create a Samba user who belongs to a group which has at least read access to the share in question. Also, the media must actually be mounted; I don’t think you can share a raw device.
The device cant be raw, i can access it, and all my files are in there which indicated its mounted ?
I found a guide to make all users able to access it, so i did that, changed the path, now its saying the same user is connected more than ones :s, but it is’nt, whats wrong now?