Samba File Server

[jamestech]

I am trying to set up a file server with Samba, but I simply cannot get access to any of the folders, they show up in network neighbourhood, but can't be opened. Can anyone tell me where I have gone wrong?

Hopefully all the info you need is below...

I need 2 users, with 3 folders

Folder 1: company
Folder 2: master
Folder 3: misc

User 1: everyone (with access to "company" and "misc")
User 2: master (with access to "company", "master" and "misc")

I have done the following (as root)

#useradd everyone
#useradd master

#passwd everyone
#passwd master

#smbpasswd -a everyone
#smbpasswd -a master

#smbpasswd -e everyone
#smbpasswd -e master

#md /shares/company
#md /shares/master
#md /shares/misc

#chown master /shares
#chown master /shares/company
#chown master /shares/master
#chown master /shares/misc

#chmod 666 /shares
#chmod 666 /shares/company
#chmod 600 /shares/master
#chmod 666 /shares/misc

my /etc/samba/smb.conf is as follows:

# smb.conf is the main Samba configuration file. You find a full commented
# version at /usr/share/doc/packages/samba/examples/smb.conf.SUSE if the
# samba-doc package is installed.
# Date: 2008-06-06
[global]
workgroup = WORKGROUP
printing = cups
printcap name = cups
printcap cache time = 750
cups options = raw
map to guest = Bad User
include = /etc/samba/dhcp.conf
logon path = \\%L\profiles\.msprofile
logon home = \\%L\%U\.9xprofile
logon drive = P:
usershare allow guests = Yes
add machine script = /usr/sbin/useradd -c Machine -d /var/lib/nobody -s /bin/false %m$
domain logons = No
domain master = No
security = user
netbios name = nastorage
passdb backend = smbpasswd

[company]
comment = Company
inherit acls = Yes
path = /shares/company
read only = No


[master]
comment = Master
inherit acls = Yes
path = /shares/master
read only = No

[misc]
comment = Misc
inherit acls = Yes
path = /shares/misc
read only = No

[SirDice]

Directories in *nix need the x (execute) bit set or users won't be able to browse it. Change the 6s in your chmods to 7s

[jamestech]

Ah I never knew that, thought it would be something relatively simple for someone with the know how. Right that is working great now, thanks! Still one issue though... I have 414GB of free space on the drives (as shown on the "start" menu)... but my windows PC says the server has only 15.5GB free, according to YaST I have no quota's set, any ideas?

[jamestech]

Doh, My bad, I have been used to ubuntu and until I ran "df -h" I wasn't aware SuSE had partitioned my drive and put all the space in /home and only left 20GB for /

[SirDice]

That'll help

And just a note, look into those chmod 777's. I think that's a bit too permissive as it means they're world writable.
Use groups to define the correct permissions. Users can be members of multiple groups.