[Samba] problems creating a share with SWAT

[Davide Cervella - BiElle srl]

DuWayne Holsbeck wrote:

> Enerything seems to work, except for creating new shares. The shares
> are defined in the smb.conf file, and testparm shows the share.
> Problem is, the directory is not created. [...] Any suggestions of
> how to trouble shoot, or fix the problem would be greatly
> appreciated.

I don't think that directory creation should be a swat job...

You may want to create a samba share to give your administrators full
access to the filesystem designed to be shared through samba, so they
can create directory by the usual right-click.

Like this:

[all]
     path = /home/samba
     write list = @admins
     [or some other way to restrict access, including umasks]

[share1]
     path = /home/samba/folder1
     ...

They then can create shares by swat specifying the new folder created,
prefixed by '/home/samba'.

HTH,
Davide