not accessible

[Günter Bielenberg]

Chandra schrieb:

> I have a query on accessing a Unix box from NT using the samba setup.
> Samba is running of a Unix box called Unx and accessed by NT clientIn
> the smb.conf  configuratio file, I have used the following setting.
>
> Option 1
>
> [u/user]
>
> path = /u/user
>
> force group = mine
>
> writable = yes
>
> create mask = 0770
>
> preserve case = yes
>
>
>
> Option 2
>
> [u/user]
>
> path = /u/user
>
> admin users = user
>
> writable = yes
>
> preserve case = yes
>
> The user is a member of the mine group. The Unix permissions are set
> to Owner - user, group - mine and the mode is 0770. But when I try to
> access the share point I get the followin error.
>
> \\server/u/user is not accessible
>
> The network name cannot be found
>
> There are other mounting point with different setting that seem to
> work, which means samba is working and able to access.
>
> What am I doing wrong.
>
> Thanks
> chandra

did you try \\server\u/user? remember, you're on the DOS-side of life.
maybe 'u/user' is not a clever name for a share, try something without
'/' in it.

regards

Günter