[Samba] Permission Denied with updated version of Samba

[Ryan Novosielski]

I would suggest you first look at your logfiles. This should give you SOME 
kind of clue. Turn up the log level if need be.

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On Tue, 1 Mar 2005, Mark Kunkel wrote:

> I have changed from using samba version 2.0.3 running on SCO OpenServer 5 to
> samba version 3.0.11 running on RedHat 8.0
>
> My client computer is Windows XP. The problem also exists on Windows NT. The
> Windows XP computer has MKS Toolkit 8.7 The Windows NT computer has
> NuTCRACKER 4.2 These products provide Unix APIs to aid in porting
> applications from Unix to Windows.
>
>> From my command shell, I can issue a cat command to list the contents of a
> file, which exists on my server just fine. If however I try to open that
> same file programatically, then, I get a permission denied error.
>
> I have included a copy of the smb.conf file at then end of this email.
>
> Any suggestions as to what could be wrong, and how to correct it. It seems
> that this is a problem with the samba software, unless of course the MKS or
> NuTCRACKER software exploited some previous bug that has now been fixed.
>
> My hope is that I can change some setting in the samba to correct this.
>
> Thank you for any assistance.
>
> Mark
>
> ############## smb.conf ###################
>
> # Samba config file created using SWAT
> # from 0.0.0.0 (0.0.0.0)
> # Date: 2005/02/25 09:25:14
>
> # Global parameters
> [global]
> 	workgroup = IMMNET
> 	server string = Samba Server
> 	encrypt passwords = No
> 	log file = /usr/local/samba/var/log.%m
> 	max log size = 50
> 	printcap name = lpstat
> 	os level = 0
> 	preferred master = No
> 	local master = No
> 	domain master = No
> 	dns proxy = No
> 	wins server = srvtrn01
> 	create mask = 0775
> 	case sensitive = Yes
>
> [homes]
> 	comment = Home Directories
> 	read only = No
> 	browseable = No
>
> [hdrive]
> 	comment = /h on enfs03
> 	path = /h
> 	write list = @D504_kgs, @D506_beh, kmp
> 	read only = No
> 	force create mode = 0444
> 	force directory mode = 0555
> 	hide dot files = No
> 	delete readonly = Yes
> 	fake directory create times = Yes
>
> [printers]
> 	comment = All Printers
> 	path = /usr/spool/samba
> 	printable = Yes
> 	browseable = No
>
> [tmp]
> 	comment = Temporary file space
> 	path = /tmp
> 	read only = No
> 	guest ok = Yes
>
> [backup]
> 	path = /backup
> 	write list = @D504_kgs, @D506_beh, kmp
> 	read only = No
> 	force create mode = 0444
> 	force directory mode = 0555
> 	hide dot files = No
> 	delete readonly = Yes
> 	fake directory create times = Yes
>
>
>
>
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