[Samba] cannot create entry in directory created by Samba

[Adam Nielsen]

> This does create the file server structure on the linux drive, and I
> may read from it freely, but cannot write anything new to it, except
> as root, which isn't who the java code is running as.

Does the Samba 'force user' option help you at all?  You could force
the user to root (or whoever owns the directory tree) which would give
anyone connecting full access to the tree, just make sure you've got
proper permissions on the share itself or you could have some security
issues.

Cheers,
Adam.