samba - Nov 2001 - Share shows up but is not accessible.

In Windows explorer the computer (Penguin) and share (Ring) show up, but when I
try to access the share, I get the following message:

    \\Penguin\Ring is not accessible
    The share name was not found.  Be shure you typed it correctly.

I have Samba set up on another Linux machine (OldPenguin) in the same network,
and it works fine. Both computers run Red Hat 7.1 and Samba 2.0.7 (which came
with the distribution).  Both machines have the same smb.conf file.

[global]
    workgroup = Workgroup
    log level = 3
    guest account = ftp
    security = share

[Ring]
    comment = For testing only
    path = /home/usr1/Ring
    read only = no
    guest ok = yes
    map to guest = bad user

The Ring directory has permissions 777 on both machines.  
The windows machines are 98 and XP, both have the same problem accesing the
share.

I can fully access Penguin from OldPenguin using:
    smbclient //Penguin/Ring -I 192.168.0.6

The file log.smb shows the following error.
    smbd/service.c:make_connection(501)
    Can't change directory to /home/usr1/Ring (permission denied)

I have tried everything I can think of.  Does anyone have any suggestions.
Thanks.

Mike

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Just some random ideas.
Try removing the map parameter.
I am no expert on permissions. Maybe /home or user1 have some restriction.
Make sure the execute bit is set on both those directories for others.
You could make the guest user a real user and see if this is a permissions
problem for user ftp.
Maybe there is something about upper case letters that the new linux box is
not handling right.
Joel



On Wed, Nov 14, 2001 at 02:27:05PM -0800, Michael Solem
wrote:
> 
> In Windows explorer the computer (Penguin) and share (Ring) show up, but
when I try to access the share, I get the following message:
> 
>     \\Penguin\Ring is not accessible
>     The share name was not found.  Be shure you typed it correctly.
> 
> I have Samba set up on another Linux machine (OldPenguin) in the same
network, and it works fine. Both computers run Red Hat 7.1 and Samba 2.0.7
(which came with the distribution).  Both machines have the same smb.conf file.
> 
> [global]
>     workgroup = Workgroup
>     log level = 3
>     guest account = ftp
>     security = share
> 
> [Ring]
>     comment = For testing only
>     path = /home/usr1/Ring
>     read only = no
>     guest ok = yes
>     map to guest = bad user
> 
> The Ring directory has permissions 777 on both machines.  
> The windows machines are 98 and XP, both have the same problem accesing the
share.
> 
> I can fully access Penguin from OldPenguin using:
>     smbclient //Penguin/Ring -I 192.168.0.6
> 
> The file log.smb shows the following error.
>     smbd/service.c:make_connection(501)
>     Can't change directory to /home/usr1/Ring (permission denied)
> 
> I have tried everything I can think of.  Does anyone have any suggestions.
> Thanks.
> 
> Mike
> 
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Your authentication (workgroup) isn't familiar to me (I use an NT server) - 
I'd suggest it's down to that, ie the account is recognised on the old
box
but not the new one.

Tim

At 02:27 PM 14/11/2001 -0800, Michael Solem wrote:
>In Windows explorer the computer (Penguin) and share (Ring) show up, but 
>when I try to access the share, I get the following message:
>
>     \\Penguin\Ring is not accessible
>     The share name was not found.  Be shure you typed it correctly.
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