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oib111

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Registered: 2009-06-20

Posts: 87

Unable to Access My Shares (and printing question)

I installed Samba and attempted at configuring it. When trying to connect to a share from my Windows computer it says:

\\OIB\SharedDocs is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you have access permissions.

The network path was not found.

This is my smb.conf:

# Samba config file created using SWAT
# from UNKNOWN ()
# Date: 2009/07/12 12:55:28

[global]
    workgroup = HOME
    server string = Samba Server
    security = share
    log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
    max log size = 50
    dns proxy = No

[SharedDocs]
    comment = Shared Documents
    path = ~/SharedDocs
    read only = no
    writable = yes
    public = yes

[homes]
    comment = Home Directories
    read only = No
    browseable = No

[printers]
    comment = All Printers
    path = /var/spool/samba
    printable = Yes
    browseable = No

Also, how can I automatically detect and use printers over a network?

Last edited by oib111 (2009-07-18 05:11:21)

Square

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Registered: 2008-06-11

Posts: 435

Re: Unable to Access My Shares (and printing question)

[SharedDocs]
    comment = Shared Documents
    path = ~/SharedDocs
    read only = no
    writable = yes
    public = yes

Try changing that to the full path instead, as well as make sure you have the network configured properly in /etc/hosts.allow

Last edited by Square (2009-07-18 05:33:43)

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oib111

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Registered: 2009-06-20

Posts: 87

Re: Unable to Access My Shares (and printing question)

I changed the path to /home/isaac/SharedDocs and edited /etc/hosts.allow but neither worked. Any help on the printer question?

Last edited by oib111 (2009-07-18 20:02:56)

oib111

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Registered: 2009-06-20

Posts: 87

Re: Unable to Access My Shares (and printing question)

Anyone?

brenix

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From: California

Registered: 2008-03-05

Posts: 185

Re: Unable to Access My Shares (and printing question)

Been setting up samba myself and ran into that problem last night. Try checking the permissions of the folder and its parent folder.