search for: ittechs

...All I'm trying to set up a machine with a simple samba configuration. I've written the config file with no problems, however any time I attempt to connect to the shares it doesn't work. Firstly, the smb.conf: [global] netbios name = TEMPSRV workgroup = LIPSON map to guest = Bad User [ittechs] comment = Should not see me... path = /var/smb/ittechs read only = no force user = ittechs force group = ittechs guest ok = no nt acl support = no browseable = no [msoffice] comment = Microsoft Office test admin share path = /var/smb/msoffice read only = no force user = msoffice force group = mso...

Is it necessary? I am also confused as to what it does. If I disable it in the smb.conf file, I can not say I see any difference. I am running 6 XP pro clients, MDK 9.2 as the file server. Sincerely, Matthew J. DiBattista Matthew J. DiBattista Information <http://www.ittechs.com/> Technology Technicians

Sometimes when I save a file to a samba-shared drive the application is unable to save there and asks if the file is write protected or if the disk is full. If I then save it to a local drive and copy it there using Windows Explorer, it can overwrite the file fine. Do I need to make that myriad of changes to my XP Pro registry? Most of the time it works fine, just from time to time it will give

Hi, After upgrading from Mandrake Linux 9.2 to Mandrake Linux 10 I can no longer browse my workgroup domain in "My Network Places" from my XP Pro clients. However, I can still access the shares on my Samba server without problem using either "Add Network Place" or by entering the path directly in Explorer. Another symptom is found in my Samba log where a lot of the

I have been running MDK 9.2 with Samba 2.28a for it feels like over a year. I upgraded to Samba 3.02a and the network seems to be slower, I have had numerous issues, which were finally resolved, when I restart samba3, it takes forever. Is this isolated or are others having the same issues?