FW: [Samba] Accessing Samba share with Win2k

[Janyce Wynter]

Since I  haven't had a response to my earlier post, I'm reposting this with 
some more info.

I'm running Samba version 2.07 on Redhat Linux 7.0.

Here is my smb.conf file:

# Samba config file created using SWAT
# from greyowl.swamp.ca (192.168.0.5)
# Date: 2002/06/26 00:29:59

# Global parameters
[global]
        workgroup = SWAMP
        netbios name = BALDEAGLE
        server string = Samba Server %h
        interfaces = 192.168.0.2/24 127.0.0.1/24
        security = SHARE
        encrypt passwords = Yes
        update encrypted = Yes
        null passwords = Yes
        unix password sync = Yes
        log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
        max log size = 50
        time server = Yes
        os level = 65
        preferred master = Yes
        dns proxy = No
        wins support = Yes
        guest account = smbuser

[homes]
        comment = Home Directories
        path = /home/%u
        writeable = Yes
        browseable = No

[public]
        comment = Public Files
        path = /public
        writeable = Yes
        create mask = 0664
        guest ok = Yes

When the public folder was created (a couple of years ago), the SGID bit was 
set so that all files would be owned by the smb group:

	chmod 2777 /public

The /public folder has the following attributes:
	drwxrwsrwx   13 smbuser  smb          1024 May 14 18:29 public

The /public folder contains a number of subfolders:
	drwxrwsr-x    6 smbuser  smb          1024 May 25 00:50 Aviation
	drwxrwsr-x   10 smbuser  smb          1024 Jun 27 21:57 Documents
	lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           12 Nov  8  2000 Linuxdocs -> 
/usr/doc/LDP
	drwxrwsr-x    2 smbuser  smb          1024 Jul  7  2001 RETScreen
	drwxrwsr-x    4 smbuser  smb          1024 Feb  9 16:43 Sandra
	drwxrwsr-x    3 smbuser  smb          1024 Jun 23 16:24 Software
	drwxrwsr-x   10 smbuser  smb          1024 Jun 26 21:08 archives
	drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root        12288 Nov  5  2000 lost+found
	drwxrwsr-x   10 smbuser  smb          1024 Aug 11  2001 msaccess
	drwxrwsr-x   16 smbuser  smb          1024 Sep 23  2000 msapps
	drwxrwsr-x   15 smbuser  smb          1024 Mar 27  2000 msoffice
	drwxrwsr-x    2 smbuser  smb          1024 Sep 30  2001 setup

The folder Computers is in /public/Documents:
drwxrwsr-x   13 smbuser  smb          3072 Jun 30 09:36 Computers
	-rw-rw-r--    1 Janyce   smb         16896 Jun 30 10:48 cables2.xls
	-rw-rw-r--    1 smbuser  smb         18944 Jul 26  2001 cables1.xls
	-rw-rw-r--    1 smbuser  smb           110 Feb 18  2001 case.b2d
	drwxrwxr-x    2 smbuser  smb          1024 Jun 30 10:57 m506
		-rw-rw-r--    1 smbuser  smb           216 Mar 20  1997 bullet2.gif
		-rw-rw-r--    1 Janyce   users       16896 Jun 30 09:53 cables2.xls
		-rw-rw-r--    1 Janyce   users       16896 Jun 30 10:57 cables2b.xls
		-rw-rw-r--    1 smbuser  smb         16896 Jun 30 10:40 cables3.xls
		-rw-rw-r--    1 smbuser  smb         16896 Jun 30 10:47 cables4.xls
		-rw-rw-r--    1 smbuser  smb            35 Mar 20  1997 dot_black.gif
		-rw-rw-r--    1 smbuser  smb            43 Mar 20  1997 dot_clear.gif

Of particular interest are the cables*.xls files. They are the same file, 
written by different users on different computers. cables2 and cables2b were 
written by Janyce on the Win2k computer. cables3 was written by user Karl on a 
Win98 box, and cables4 was written by Janyce on a WinME laptop. So, although 
the Win2k computer can write files in this folder, the file permissions are 
messed up. This keeps users on the other computers from writing to the same 
file - they must give it a new name. But this isn't what is intended - all of 
the files in /public are supposed to be owned by everyone....

I'm sure there's' a simple fix. But I'm a bit of a newbie on Win2K. Can someone 
please help me out?

Janyce





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