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[Frank Walther]

Hello Luis,

is system12 a group or a user ? If it is a group, try 
	valid users = @system12 
instead of 
	valid users = system12

Hope this helps

Frank Walther

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Frank Walther
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>hello there i just loaded samba on my rh
>
>6.2 . i am having so much trouble, or if
>
>someone could show me what the hell i'm
>doing wrong.
>
>1. I would like to share a folder for
>certain users ( system12 )
>2 . folder name "hourtrack"
>
>I did all this here's a copy of my
>smb.conf file
>
>[global]
>                    workgroup = cs
>                    server string
>=    localhost   # computer name , i see
>
>it in win98 networt
>                    sercurity
>=    SHARE
>
>[hourtrack]
>                    comments    =
>clock in hours
>                    path    =
>/usr/local/src/users         # path for
>file that user will work on
>                    valid users    =
>system12                    # user name
>                    read list    =
>yes
>                    write list    =
>yes
>                     create mask    =
>0777                # is this the
>permission for the folder dont know ?
>
>after i did this. i went to my win98
>machine rebooted and login as user
>"system12" with a password that i assign
>
>when i created the user in linux.
>
>I go to network neig , i locate the
>"localhost" machine . double click on it
>
>, and what do i see
>the "hourtrack" folder. I know that in
>the folder there are files in there.
>when i double click on the folder (
>hourtrack) it asks me for a password. I
>enter the password that i assign
>to system12  in my linux bx .
>
>then i get a error
>
>message saying " The password is
>incorrect. Try again ."
>
>can someon tell me what the hell i'm
>doing wrong. i been at this the whole
>day
>looked around went to deja, samba
>homepage. but i can not figure it out.
>
>so please help me out
>
>thank you Luis