samba - Jul 2008 - Share directory empty

Greetings,

I am having an issue where I can connect to a share, but am unable to  
view contents.

Server: RHEL5.2
Samba Version: 3.0.28
Clients: OS X 10.5.4, 10.4.11, XP SP2, SP3 and Win Server 2003.

My smb.conf file is posted below. The share that is causing me grief  
is called "office".

Thanks in advance for any assistance.



[global]
         workgroup = OFFICE
         realm = OFFICE.MATH.PSU.EDU
         server string = MathNet Samba Server %v
         security = ADS
         password server = dogwood.math.psu.edu
         passdb backend = tdbsam:/etc/samba/passdb.tdb
         username map = /etc/samba/users.map
         log level = 3
         printcap name = cups
         ldap ssl = no
         idmap uid = 10000-20000
         idmap gid = 10000-20000
         winbind use default domain = Yes
         hosts allow = x.x.x.x

[homes]
         read only = No
         browseable = No
         posix locking = No

[printers]
         comment = All Printers
         path = /var/spool/samba
         printable = Yes
         browseable = No

[print$]
         comment = Windows Print Drivers
         path = /etc/samba/drivers
         write list = root

[julieandmary]
         comment = Share for Julie and Mary
         path = /home/fourier2/office/JulieandMary
         valid users = @officeexams
         read only = No
         create mask = 00
         force create mode = 0660
         force directory mode = 0770
         posix locking = No

[office]
         path = /home/fourier2/office
         posix locking = No

Michael Dunne
Systems Administrator
Mathematics Department
The Pennsylvania State University
4 McAllister Bldg.
University Park, PA 16802

Greetings,

Thanks for the rapid reply. I have posix locking set to no due to an  
issue with MS Word and Excel documents on machines with XP SP3  
installed. IIRC, it was this thread that helped me crack that issue:  
http://www.mail-archive.com/samba@lists.samba.org/msg93598.html.

The users that need to access that share are in a unix group called  
"office" which has read/write/execute over /home/fourier/office. They
all have unix accounts.

Thanks again!

Mike

Michael Dunne
Systems Administrator
Mathematics Department
The Pennsylvania State University
4 McAllister Bldg.
University Park, PA 16802

On Jul 28, 2008, at 1:54 PM, kissg wrote:
>
> [office]
>        path = /home/fourier2/office
>        posix locking = No
>
>
> First of all, why do you need "posix locking = No"? According to
> the smb.conf man page, you should never need to disable file  
> locking this way.
> Also, check if your users, who need access to that share, have the  
> proper UNIX permissions to "/home/fourier2/office". Are your user
> mappings set up correctly? Keep in mind, that you need to create  
> UNIX accounts for all of your Windows users, to maintain  
> permissions correctly.
>
> You can easily check, if you have a UNIX account for a user by typing
>
> id <username>
>
> on your Samba server.