[Samba] can't open files off of samba shared drive on w2k/xpworkstations

rruegner robert at ruegner.org
Mon Aug 30 21:57:52 GMT 2004


hi , try
valid users = @"rankin"
regards

David Rankin schrieb:

> Phillip,
> 
>     It sounds like a file permission problem. Here are my permissions:
> 
> [root at Nemesis /root]# ls -al /home/samba
> total 40
> drwxrwxr-x    9 root     root         4096 Apr  5 16:45 ./
> drwxr-xr-x   14 root     root         4096 Jul 15 14:23 ../
> drwxrwxr-x    3 root     bertin       4096 Jul  2 14:12 bertin/
> drwxrwxr-x    3 root     guillory     4096 Aug 10 20:14 guillory/
> drwxrwxr-x    3 root     price        4096 May 13  2003 karren/
> drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root         4096 Dec 15  2003 logon/
> drwxrwxr-x    3 root     rankin       4096 Apr 13 13:32 rankin/
> drwxrwxr-x   32 root     rbpllc       4096 Aug 27 10:17 rbpllc/
> 
> In my smb.conf I use:
> 
> [Rankin]
>         path = /home/samba/rankin
>         valid users = @rankin
>         force group = rankin
>         writeable = Yes
>         map archive = Yes
>         inherit permissions = Yes
> 
> I don't have any problems doubleclicking on word docs and having them open.
> 
> --
> David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E.
> RANKIN * BERTIN, PLLC
> 510 Ochiltree Street
> Nacogdoches, Texas 75961
> (936) 715-9333
> (936) 715-9339 fax
> www.rankin-bertin.com
> --
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Phillip K" <phillipkuo at gmail.com>
> To: <samba at lists.samba.org>
> Sent: Monday, August 30, 2004 10:05 AM
> Subject: [Samba] can't open files off of samba shared drive on
> w2k/xpworkstations
> 
> 
> 
>>Hi,
>>
>>I have somewhat successfully got Samba working where as users can map
>>the drives to their win2k/xp workstations and wrote to the folders
>>they are given permissions to.  They can write to the folder, delete
>>folders, write files, delete files, view the file listing, however,
>>they can't open files.  For instance, if there is a word document,
>>they can't just double click on the share and work on the file right
>>off of the share.  They have to go through the trouble of dragging the
>>file to their desktop, make their changes and then copy it back
>>overwriting whatever changes they made before.  Is there an entry in
>>the smb.conf file that I'm missing?
>>
>>I am running samba 3.0 on gentoo 2002.4
>>
>>thanks in advance,
>>
>>Phill
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