Re: Samba Server/SWAT

From: Charlie (geezer1016_at_earthlink.net)
Date: 05/01/05 

Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2005 22:54:45 GMT

James R. Jones wrote:
> Charlie wrote:
>>
>> I am attempting to set us a Samba server. Just to share music and
>> pictures with the other computers in my house (XP Home,XP Pro, SUSE
>> 9.2), I am using SUSE 9.2 on the machine I would like to make the server.
>> I have some good directions that seem easy enough to follow.
>> However I have still encountered two problems. In smb.conf I am
>> supposed to:
>> scroll down and uncomment:
>>
>> ;[public]
>> ; comment = Public Stuff
>> ; path = /home/samba (change to what you will use on your computer)
>> ; public = yes
>> ; writable = yes
>> ; printable = no
>>
>> However my smb.conf does not contain a [public] section. I know the ;
>> causes the line to be a comment. So should I put this section into
>> smb.conf? In the path line it says /home/samba (change to what you
>> will use on your computer), I dont know what it is refering to. My
>> machine name for this machine is linuxthree, the XP Pro machine is
>> XPPRO, the other linux machine is linuxfour.
>>
>> Please gear any answers for an inexperienced newbie.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Charlie
>>
>
> I have a public folder that is called public that is in the root folder.
> it is setup like what you have except the path is /public. If you create
> a folder don't forget to set the permission so anyone can use it. If you
> get stuck I have a pretty decent simple samba.conf file you could use to
> get up and running.
>
> Jim
>
>
>
Hi;

        No public in my root folder. Am I supposed to put the above Public
entry into my smb.conf?
        
Charlie

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