unable to share a 500GB external hard drive on a Windows network

[Alishams Hassam]

On Thursday 04 November 2010 14:30:30 Scott Berry wrote:
> Hello there,
> 
> I have a Sony Vgcra820G that I am trying to share a folder off an
> external 500GB hard drive. I am using Nautilus and go in to
> Places/Scott/sdownloads and click on sdownloads and go to share 
and tick
> the checkbox for sharing using the name downloads and then telling 
it to
> share the folder. But when the Windows clients see it they say that 
they
> can not access it.  it also looks from my side as though for some 
reason
> the folder is not getting mounted.  Where should I begin my research 
on
> this problem?
check /var/log/messages after you to try to access it. Or maybe even 
after you enable. Also see if samba keeps a log, usually they are in 
/var/log.