Samba question

[Christoph Georgi]

Either you didn't share the files on the XP box so that network users
are allowed to change files (usually the tick box underneath the
file-share-tick-box; sry for the naming) or you have to mount the files
with the "right" permissions. Try for example:

$ sudo mount -t smbfs //<server>/<share> /<mountpoint on local system>
-o "guest,fmask=0777,dmask=0777"

Eventually you have to write instead of guest
"user=<user>,password=<password>,..." if you have disables the guest
account on XP. The fmask and dmask set the permission for the mounted
folder. After mounting like described above you should be able to write
on the XP box. If not, it's almost certain the XP configuration.

christoph

piltdown wrote:
> I have got Samba more-or-less working with Ubuntu on a laptop, which an
> achievement for me as it is the first time I have tried to install and use
> Samba.
> 
> Accessing files stored on the laptop from XP is no problem. 
> 
> I can also access files on the XP box from the laptop but they are all
> read only. I guess I have to alter something in XP. Any ideas?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
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