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.
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
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.
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?
