please read my comments below... -=O0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~O0=- "He took his vorpal sword in hand: Long time the manxome foe he sought - So rested he by the Tumtum tree. And stood awhile in thought."
[L.Carrol "Jabberwacky"] On Wed, 9 Jan 2002, tal amir wrote: > guys, > > samba server : samba-2.2.1a-15mdk, > this is mandrake 8.1 . (both client&server) > there's a great samba-2.2.2 out there. get the sources ... > this is the smb.conf (server): > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > # Global parameters > [global] > workgroup = MDKGROUP > server string = Samba Server %v > security = SHARE > encrypt passwords = Yes > log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m > max log size = 50 > socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192 > printcap name = lpstat > dns proxy = No > printing = cups > security = share > > [homes] > comment = Home Directories > read only = No > browseable = No > > [printers] > comment = All Printers > path = /var/spool/samba > create mask = 0700 > guest ok = Yes > printable = Yes > print command = lpr-cups -P %p -o raw %s -r # using client side > printer drivers. > lpq command = lpstat -o %p > lprm command = cancel %p-%j > browseable = No > > [backup] > comment = backup share > path = /home/tal/backup/ > guest ok = Yes > writeable = Yes > browseable = Yes > read only = No > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > the mount command : > > mount -t smbfs -o username=root,password=root_passwd //192.168.0.2/backup > /mnt/backup/ > > the volume mounts ok, but permition denied for (rw) , only (ro) : > > [root@whatsup backup]# mkdir test > mkdir: cannot create directory `test': Permission denied > [root@whatsup backup]# > > > what am i missing here ? 0) first of all, your backup dir is in the scope of [homes] share ... this can sometimes be the problem, if i were to code the policy, i'd take the most strict policy in case certain directory is shared more than 1 time. besides, regular perms problem can also occur: please give us this: 1) df /home/tal after determining the <device>: cat /etc/mtab | grep <device> see the mounting permissions 2) ls -l /home/tal 3) ls -l /home/tal/backup 4) besides, when you mount the share as root, cheers Max. ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]