as a tip: you might consider configuring SAMBA through SWAT, it's web based configurator, It might be a hassle installing an extra bit of cruft on your pc but it's worth it, cause of the online help.
as to permission masks its a bit beyond me, but the main point is that SAMBA aplies a mask that 'changes' the perrmisions of directories (and files) On Fri, 2004-03-19 at 17:18, Keith Vassallo wrote: > Hi list, > > Ramon, thanks for the reply. > > I have successfully managed to mount both the public and shared > partitions onto all the PCs in the house. I can do everything > (read/write/modify) etc.. Except one thing - delete directories. > > I've tried changing the log level to a higher level. Needless to say, I > couldn't understand anything from that cryptic logfile. I've read a lot > of threads from people who have the same problem and I didn't understand > the replies very well, but some of them talked about a directory mask or > something? > > Keith > > On Fri, 2004-03-19 at 14:02, Ramon Casha wrote: > > One thing that isn't too obvious is that, apart from creating user > > accounts, > > you must use the smbpasswd program to set the passwords which samba will > > recognise. > > > > Apart from this, you can increase the log levels for samba so you'll know > > exactly what's going on. This can be very helpful in pinpointing problems. > > > > Ramon > > _______________________________________________ > > MLUG-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mailserv.megabyte.net/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list -- Philip Serracino Inglott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.inkwina.net/ -- Pudder's Law: Anything that begins well will end badly. (Note: The converse of Pudder's law is not true.)
