[Samba] Samba SOHO

Henry Baxter henrybaxter at shaw.ca
Sun Sep 5 18:41:22 GMT 2004


Rod Ladwig wrote:

>What is the best way to setup a Samba server as a file server in a small
>SOHO.  I have to connect 2 windows XP machine and one XP home notebook to a
>small SOHO network.  I want to use a Samba server.  I have got it working
>except I cannot get XP to write to the Samba server.  I can read but not
>write.  From the Samba server I can read and write the XP machines.  I have
>set the Samba server up in user mode. I am at a loss of what to do now.  Who
>can help me?
>
Hey Rod,
Perhaps you have user accounts that don't have permission to write in 
the folders in question. Check their owners and permissions, and also 
ensure read only = no in the smb.conf ;) Without a touch more info, it 
would be hard to know exactly. Good luck!

Henry Baxter


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