[Samba] Permission Denied with updated version of Samba

[Mark Kunkel]

I have changed from using samba version 2.0.3 running on SCO OpenServer 5 to
samba version 3.0.11 running on RedHat 8.0

My client computer is Windows XP. The problem also exists on Windows NT. The
Windows XP computer has MKS Toolkit 8.7 The Windows NT computer has
NuTCRACKER 4.2 These products provide Unix APIs to aid in porting
applications from Unix to Windows.

>From my command shell, I can issue a cat command to list the contents of a
file, which exists on my server just fine. If however I try to open that
same file programatically, then, I get a permission denied error.

I have included a copy of the smb.conf file at then end of this email.

Any suggestions as to what could be wrong, and how to correct it. It seems
that this is a problem with the samba software, unless of course the MKS or
NuTCRACKER software exploited some previous bug that has now been fixed.

My hope is that I can change some setting in the samba to correct this.

Thank you for any assistance.

Mark

############## smb.conf ###################

# Samba config file created using SWAT
# from 0.0.0.0 (0.0.0.0)
# Date: 2005/02/25 09:25:14

# Global parameters
[global]
	workgroup = IMMNET
	server string = Samba Server
	encrypt passwords = No
	log file = /usr/local/samba/var/log.%m
	max log size = 50
	printcap name = lpstat
	os level = 0
	preferred master = No
	local master = No
	domain master = No
	dns proxy = No
	wins server = srvtrn01
	create mask = 0775
	case sensitive = Yes

[homes]
	comment = Home Directories
	read only = No
	browseable = No

[hdrive]
	comment = /h on enfs03
	path = /h
	write list = @D504_kgs, @D506_beh, kmp
	read only = No
	force create mode = 0444
	force directory mode = 0555
	hide dot files = No
	delete readonly = Yes
	fake directory create times = Yes

[printers]
	comment = All Printers
	path = /usr/spool/samba
	printable = Yes
	browseable = No

[tmp]
	comment = Temporary file space
	path = /tmp
	read only = No
	guest ok = Yes

[backup]
	path = /backup
	write list = @D504_kgs, @D506_beh, kmp
	read only = No
	force create mode = 0444
	force directory mode = 0555
	hide dot files = No
	delete readonly = Yes
	fake directory create times = Yes