samba - Sep 2007 - Can not write to shared drive do to permissions

I am brand new to linux and Samba.  I just installed samba for my first time.  I
set the path to a second hd in my system.  I also set the permissions of that
drive to 0777  but I any time I try to write to that drive (locally or via a
network connection/samba connection) I get a permissions error.  Any idea why?

In my sbm.conf, in the section I set the path I have:
    read only = no
which I think is correct.  I also have.
    force user = username
    force group = username
Could this be causing my problem since the owner and group of that drive is root
(not username)?  Is it smart or normal in linux to assign a drive's owner
and group to a user not the root?  I only have and plan on having one user for
this computer.


Thank you for your help.






       
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