[ale] samba and tutorial for samba newbie

[JD]

I haven't had any issues with samba working the last 13 yrs or so.
Perhaps if you posted a sanitized version of your /etc/samba/smb.conf
someone would help?

Why have NTFS + Samba? I'd use XFS + Samba myself. Definitely use a UNIX
file system that understands native UNIX file permissions, not
FAT/FAT32/NTFS. This is just an opinion, perhaps someone else has NTFS +
Samba working.

Here's a stab at the issue - perhaps you aren't properly mounting the
NTFS partition with the proper user/group permissions desired?


On 03/29/2011 09:04 PM, Narahari 'n' Savitha wrote:
> Any input is appreciated.
> 
> On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 9:06 AM, Narahari 'n' Savitha
> <savithari at gmail.com>wrote:
> 
>> Friends:
>>
>> I started trying out samba so I can access my Linux box from my Windoze
>> machine.
>>
>>
>> I run Mythubuntu 10.10 on my mythtv-server.  It has two drives
>>
>> /dev/sda1 -> mounted as / which has the os
>> /dev/sdb1 -> mounted as /mnt/windir which has some stuff on it.  It is a
>> NTFS partition.
>>
>> I setup samba and when I type
>>
>> \\10.10.10.10 I see the share of the home folder /home/coolguy
>>
>> I have added coolguy as a valid user for samba.
>>
>> I am unable to share /mnt/windir even though I have listed it in my
>> smb.conf file.
>>
>> It shows up in the listing when I do \\10.10.10.10, but when I double click
>> on the vides folder which is the name for /mnt/windir, it tells me I dont
>> have permission.
>>
>> /mnt/windir is owned and mount by root but has 777 permissions for itself
>> and for the contents as well.
>>
>> Not sure what is missing or what I am not understanding right.
>>
>> -Narahari
>>
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