[H-GEN] Sharing folders on SMB - Mandrake 9.2

[Alex Delaforce]

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Rick,
> probably a permission thing but then having created it as root and 
> being logged in as root is probably not a good test.  Root can do/see 
> anything.
I couldn't make a file in /mnt/SharedDocs that's why I su'd to root
> 
> To check what is in the XP shared folder, change to Administrator on 
> the XP box and see if the test file is really there.  It might still 
> be cached locally on the Linux box.
Not there
> If it is not on the XP machine, unmount the share on the Linux and 
> that should force a write.
Unmounted then mounted now the test file is not to be found. On either
machine
> 
> As you have created the file as root, you should probably try setting 
> up a user on the XP box matching the user name and password that you 
> would normally use on the Linux box
Same user name and password on both already set up.

> read/write/execute permissions on the shared folder.
Tried doing this in Konqueror - didn't have enough permissions. How do I
do this?


> All my shares at the office are the other way around.  I have my Linux

> box set up as a Samba Server with a folder as public use and there are

> no problems at all in the opposite direction even with a Win2000 
> machine which is more security conscious than the Win98 machines.  XP 
> is just an iteration of Win2000.

I was trying to start simply by being able to see each was across the
network before delving into servers.
> 
> Is smbclient running?  This may have an impact on the problem.

How do I check this? I selected it as an install option
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Rick
> 
> 
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