> I am running samba 1.9.18p7 on Red Hat's Linux 5.1. I have finally got
> samba to work that I can see the folders and the printer, but I can
> write, change, delete files on the three public folders. Below is a
> copy of my smb.conf. Can someone tell what I am doing wrong? How can
> I access these can create, change, and delete files. Thanks
>
> # publicly accessible directory, but read only, except for people in
> # the "staff" group
[public]
> comment = Public Stuff
> path = /home/samba
> public = yes
> writable = yes
> printable = no
> read only = no
> create mode = 0765
I'm not sure what you're trying to get from that create mode. Try
something like:
comment = Public
path = whatever
public = yes
writable = yes
printable = no
create mode = 0660
force group = staff
And set the permission on the /home/samba directory as follows:
chmod 2771 /home/samba
Mike Stone