Copying files to Ubuntu box

Niclas Sodergard nickus at nickus.net
Fri Oct 29 19:15:53 UTC 2004


On Fri, 29 Oct 2004, Calvin Park wrote:

> The directory we're trying to use is off the users home directory. I've
> checked permissions...and they are 774. Should work fine. I even tried
> 777 just to be on the safe side. Still no good trying to copy files to
> the Ubuntu box...any ideas? Thanks in advance.

The default setting for the home folder in smb.conf is writable=no which 
means samba itself won't allow you to write to the home directory. Take a 
look under [homes] in smb.conf for more info.

cheers,
Nickus




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