Help I'm new

[Joel Hammer]

Without seeing your smb.conf file, I cannot be sure. 

It is very likely that your guest user, which is ftp ?, doesn't have
permissions to write to these directories.  The permissions on the
unix/linux directory override those allowed by smb.conf.

One solution, again for the home user, is to make your guest account =
your regular user on the linux box. Of course, this will allow anybody
to have the same r/w/x permissions as your regular user. If you want to
get really wild and crazy, try using guest account = root.  That should
get you were you want to go. Browse as root! There is probably a sad
story or two somewhere in there.

Joel

On Mon, Jan 21, 2002 at 04:04:05PM -0800, Cheryl Pelletier wrote:
> Joel, Thanks again for the help. I have changed my smb.conf. Now I can
> browes all of the server from the root on down.But what do I have to enter
> into the smb.conf so I can write to the sever from my workstations... I have
> tried, read only = no, writable = yes, create mask 777. with no luck....
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joel Hammer" <Joel at HammersHome.com>
> To: "Cheryl Pelletier" <mydaughter at webbworks.com>; <samba at lists.samba.org>
> Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2002 2:39 PM
> Subject: Re: Help I'm new
> 
> 
> > Do you really need password protection for your home boxes? Security is a
> > BIG hassle. IF you don't really need it, put:
> >
> > security = share
> > guest ok = yes
> > guest account = ftp
> >
> > into your global section and enjoy. Or, just put these into your share
> > section.
> > # Global parameters
> > [global]
> > security = SHARE
> > guest account = ftp
> > hosts allow = 192.168. 127.0.0.1
> > veto files = /*.eml/*.nws/riched20.dll/
> >         veto files = /*.{*}/
> >
> > [AllFiles]
> > comment = All Files
> > path = /
> > read only = Yes
> > guest ok = Yes
> >
> > Joel
> >
> > On Sun, Jan 20, 2002 at 02:28:14PM -0800, Cheryl Pelletier wrote:
> > > Hello, I need some help in getting Samba 2.0.7 working with two
> > of my home computers. One is running Windows Me and the other is
> > running Windows 2000 P. On both systems I can browes the shares
> > that I have set up in smb.conf but if I try to access them I get the
> > password problem. On my windows me system I have tried the REG entry of
> > EnablePlainTextPassword. but that made no diffrence. I also get a message
> > after kernal load of (local package initialization:Samba-d:not found)
> > can you tell me what this means and if I'm missing something?  Like I
> > said i'm new to Samba and the FreeBSD. But I think I have everything
> > load like it should just can't get the password problem solved..
> > Please Help Thank Daryl Pelletier
> >
> >
> >