[Westwales] Over Secure?

[Daniel Stevens]

> I have set the partition to rw in
> fstab,  set it as shared in Windows,
> set it as shared in Linux...but I still
> can't write to it.

Windows doesn't set write permission to shared directories by default, so
if you set the directory as shared, without delving deeper, that might be
the cause of the problem. The following instructions should ensure the
correct setup of permissions so one can read and write to the shared
Windows directory:

1. In a Windows Explorer window, right-click on the file and click
'Properties'.
2. Click the 'Sharing' tab, then 'Share this folder' radio button (if done
so already and then the 'Permissions' button.
3. In the dialog, there should be an entry labeled 'Everyone' in the
'Group or user names' list box. In the 'Permissions for Everyone' list
box, check the 'Change' or 'Full Control' check boxes under the 'Allow'
column.
4. Click 'OK' and 'OK' again.

You may have you remount the drive in Linux. Enter 'mount -a' in the
console to make sure.

Hope that helps. As I say,

> Hi All,
>
> Can someone point me in the right direction regarding permissions on a
> dual
> boot system?
>
> I've put together a new system and installed Windows 2000 and Suse Linux
> 10.00.  Fine, it dual boots nicely and Suse 10.0 seems like a nice OS, I
> was
> impressed with the way it installed.  The general idea is to use Linux for
> e-mail/web connection and put all downloaded files in a common 'Download'
> directory on one of the Windows partitions so that both operating systems
> have access to it.  However Suse Linux 10.0 has other ideas and won't
> allow
> me to write to the windows directory.  I have set the partition to rw in
> fstab,  set it as shared in Windows,  set it as shared in Linux...but I
> still
> can't write to it.  I now feel Suse 10.0 is far too  secure for its own
> good :-)
>
> Now one of you very knowledgable guys may be able to give me the answer to
> this problem so that I can use the new system in the same way I use
> Windows
> XP and Mandrake 10.1 on this older machine.
>
> Regards
>
> Bob
>
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