[SOLVED]cannot share folder in home directory with SAMBA

My problem is relatively small as I can use a workaround but I would like to be able to discern whether or not my troubles stem from a bug or my own incompetence.
Basically it seems I can share just about anything I want EXCEPT for a file or folder in my home directory. I have two primary users on my box, root & dunce, and what I am unable to do is share "/home/dunce/shared". I've tried quite a few different configs based on what I could find online but nothing works. Initially I followed the SAMBA instrucions on the Arch Wiki and that was fine for other items I wanted to share. I feel like I'm kinda' makin' a mountain out of a molehill here but I would really like to understand WHY I can't share from "/home/dunce/shared". I really don't think it's a problem in smb.conf but then again . . . Any insight would be greatly appreciated.
Last edited by Captain Dunce (2011-01-24 07:11:06)

The option browseable if not defined is per default set to yes.
Excerpt from The definitive guide to samba 3
browseable: This parameter determines whether a share appears in browse lists on clients. The default value of YES causes a share to appear and is usually appropriate. You can hide a share by setting this parameter to NO; however, be aware that this setting doesn't make a share unavailable, only hidden from casual browsing.
Another thing I stumbled upon is that samba can get confused if security=share is used. It will try different usernames until it finds one that can be used, or will deny access if none can be used. The following list is the order it tries to access the share:
Guest, Client provided username, Prior login, Share name, Client name, User list (if defined).
You can try to set
guest ok = yes
and see if that changes the behaviour. You will need
guest account = nobody
or something similar in you global configuration to make this work.
Whatever user you set as guest need to exist in the samba database. And must be a existing linux username as well.
Another option is to set the guest account in the share definition and only allow guest access.
[share]
path = /home/dunce/sharefolder
browseable = yes
writable = yes
guest account = dunce
guest ok = yes
guest only = yes
Again the username (dunce) need to exist in the samba database. Depending on your setup this can be set with the command pdbedit.
There is a samba book available online from O'Reilly. It is a bit dated, but the info on shares should still be valid. I think chapter 6 is especially interesting for you in your scenario.
http://oreilly.com/catalog/samba/chapte … index.html

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