Samba help please. How do I get write access?
Setting up Samba in the installation, it asks for workgroup and domain. With that done, I can browse Windows Shares and from linux pc, i can drag and drop files from the Windows box to the Linux box. I cannot play mp3 files that reside on the Windows box and I cannot create any files on the Windows PC.
From Windows PC, I can browse my linux share and drag files from the linux pc to the windows pc. No write access.
The big question is: How do I get write access to the Windows shares and the Linux shares? If possible, I would like to know how to do this in the GUI interfaces provided in Mepis 6.0 Beta 2 (or 3), as well as any file editing necessary. I'd like to create some sort of how-to and would like to provide explanations for those who are not as comfortable with editing files and command line.
In the Mepislovers Wiki there is some information but it doesn't go quite far enough and I'd like to fill in some of the blanks.
For example, in the wiki article titled: Configuring Samba it says this:
Configuring SAMBA
From Mepis Documentation Wiki
Configuring shared folders with samba
Your samba configuration is stored in /etc/samba/smb.conf. You can edit that file directly, or use KDE's GUI tool for configuring samba.
To configure samba so that you can simply right-click on a folder and share (ala Windows):
1. Run Control Center from the KDE menu
2. Go to Internet & Network / File sharing
3. Click the "Administrator mode" button and enter your root password
4. Select "Advanced sharing", and make sure the "use samba" option is checked.
5. Click "Allowed users". If you're the only user of the machine, select "all users". Otherwise, specifiy the users you want to give this power to.
6. Click "OK" to close the users window, then "Apply" on the main window.
You can also set up shares directly in the box below, by specifying a folder, or go into advanced options for the server once you've created the share. If you're going to be setting up a server (instead of just simple sharing from the desktop), you should read up on samba at Samba.org (http://www.samba.org). Webmin (http://www.webmin.com) also has a plugin for samba administration, if you have advanced configuration needs.
Always remember that folder security settings apply for samba as well. If the user account you log in with through Samba doesn't have rights to the folder locally, you won't over Samba either.
I did what the instructions above said to do, but this did not help with write permissions. Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you.
