samba - Nov 2000 - Homes not working

I've got a question for all who know Samba very well (which i don't)

I have  a linux box that I'm using as a CD Server for my network. Each
suer who logs into the network has a usernameon the linux box and on the
samba share. in my smb.conf file I have the homes enabled, and it shows up
in a list of shares when I look from a windows client, but unlike all the
CD shares, the homes share never works. If I double click on it I get
either a message saying access was denied or a message saying the share
could not be found.

If the share cannot be found, why does homes show in the share list? And
why would access to homes be denied when access to most any other share is
granted?

Thanks!

If you want your homes share working, you have to ensure that :
	the directory exists on Linux (ie /home/jdoe)
	and is accessible (either read, or read/write) for this user.

I have to Samba server : one on UnixWare, with few users, one on Linux,
with all users. When someone log on a w98 station, it validates on
Linux. If he browses UnixWare, he sees a share with its name; but there
is no directory associated, so it have same behaviour as yours.

Hope this helps.

Gilles SIMON


Dan Egli <cybrgeek@xmission.com> wrote:
> I've got a question for all who know Samba very well (which i
don't)
> 
> I have  a linux box that I'm using as a CD Server for my network. Each
> suer who logs into the network has a usernameon the linux box and on
> the
> samba share. in my smb.conf file I have the homes enabled, and it
> shows up
> in a list of shares when I look from a windows client, but unlike all
> the
> CD shares, the homes share never works. If I double click on it I get
> either a message saying access was denied or a message saying the
> share
> could not be found.
> 
> If the share cannot be found, why does homes show in the share list?
> And
> why would access to homes be denied when access to most any other
> share is
> granted?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> 
> 

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Gilles SIMON
gilsim@wanadoo.fr