[SWLUG] SAMBA not allowing me to write

[Stephen Constantinou]

Dear All

Thanks for all the replies.

In the end it was as simple as making sure the Dell/XP machine and the 
Mandriva machine have the same Workgroup name.  Before they were the 
same I could read the file system of the XP machine but not write a new 
directory or file from the Mandriva machine.  I was able to write to an 
existing file from the Mandriva machine.

Once I had made the Workgroup the same I could write a new directory and 
a new file to the XP machine from the Mandriva machine.

Stephen

Stephen Constantinou wrote:
> Dear All
> 
> I am using my laptop that only has Mandriva 2008 on it and I am having 
> some difficulty configuring SAMBA so that I can write to the XP HDD of 
> the PC.  I can mount the file system, browse it but not write to it.
> 
> I have mounted the file system inside my home directory:
> /home/stephanos/dell/.  The icon shows the folder with a red plug on it.
> ls -l reveals
> drwxr-xr-x 1 root     root       4096 2008-01-07 21:00 dell/
> 
> I have tried to use chmod (as root of course) to change the file 
> permissions:
>   [root at localhost stephanos]# chmod a=rw- /home/stephanos/dell
>   [root at localhost stephanos]#
> 
>   [root at localhost stephanos]# ls -l reveals
>    drwxr-xr-x 1 root   root  4096 2008-01-07 21:00 dell/
> 
> Unchanged
> 
> So next I turned my attention to the Network Sharing section of Control 
> Centre.  There are two relevant icons.  1) Share data with Windows 
> system and 2) Manage Samba configuration.
> 
> 1) Share data with Windows system
> Tick in sync, user, user_xattr, noexec nodev.  I have read the 
> explanations for each of these but I am out of my depth
> 2) Manage Samba configuration
> File Share tab showed the correct Share directory 
> (/home/stephanos/dell/).  There were no entries in the obvious columns 
> of Browseable and Writable, only Write list - stephanos, Inherit 
> Permissions - yes.
> So I set about changing these with the Modify button.  I made the 
> Public, Writable and Broweasble all Yes.
> The Advanced Options had
>   Read List  [         ]
>   Write List [Stephanos]
> Admin users [         ]
> Valid users [         ]
> 
> With no clear understanding I added stephanos to Read List.  Saved 
> everything and tried ls again:
>   [root at localhost stephanos]# ls -l reveals
>    drwxr-xr-x 1 root   root  4096 2008-01-07 21:00 dell/
> and also tried with Konquror.  Could not write to the dell.
> Unchanged.  But I did use Konqueror to test that I could not write and I 
> could not.
> 
> I decided to check the properties of the /dell/ directory (as a user).
> Permissions tab: Though greyed out they showed
>   Owner  [Can View and Modify
>   Group  [Can View and Modify
>   Others [Can View
> Ownership: User:  root
>             Group: root
> 
> Share tab: Tick in Share this folder in the local network
>             Tick in Share with Samba, Ticks in Public and Writable
> 
> For no good reason I decided to reboot.
> 
> I went back into Manage Samba configuration and all the changes I had 
> made remained - nice.  So I tried with Konquror.  Could not write to the 
> dell.
> I checked the chmod as well:
>   [root at localhost stephanos]# ls -l reveals
>    drwxr-xr-x 1 root   root  4096 2008-01-07 22:42 dell/
> 
> That's it, I am at a loss and the edge of my knowledge.
> 
> Any help appreciated
> 
> Stephen
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