----- Original Message ----- From: "Erylon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, March 03, 2002 11:28 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] permissions on the network
> as root: #chmod 2777 /the_location_of_your/public_directory > OK - my tutorial must have had a typo as it left the 2 out of 2777! > You must have the same username and password on your XP and your Mandrake > accounts > OK :-)) > encrypt passwords = Yes #in samba.conf > I don't have a password for the windows account, and not for the mandrake account either - I wonder if i need to change that? > Unix_name = SMB_yourusername #in /etc/smbusers > I don't seem able to modify the file - I am logged in as root, but get an error message 'you don't have permission to write to this file'. DOH!!!!! > You're making really good progress. It took me 3 days to get samba going the > first time I did it! > Well - I thought i was until a while ago - now I am stuck again! Thanks - any suggestions about the above? Heather
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