----- 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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