[ILUG] Sharing folders on External USB drive

[John Allen]

Mick O'Toole wrote:
> What is strange is that if I share a folder that is not on the external USB
> drive I can access it fine however trying to access files on the External
> USB drive does not allow access even though I can see the folder listed on a
> Windows machine.
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freaky permissions problem. The mount point is almost certainly r/w for 
root only.

Check the permissions
> Can anyone suggest any other solutions?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Mick
>
> 2008/8/6 Conor Wynne <mariconor at gmail.com>:
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>> You'll have the RIAA after you, the bastards.
>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/08/05/riaa_mistrial_hint/page2.html
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>> Says me, open wifi for all, shared folders a while back, not bothering to
>> un-share them unless paid by the RIAA to do this work. :-)
>>
>> Yes my pretty, pretty.
>>
>> p.s.: hey Daniel, any more pics from that fancy island of yours?
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 4:42 PM, Daniel Shaw <dshaw78 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
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>>>> I'm using something like this:
>>>>
>>>>   [global]
>>>>       security = user
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> Just change the above to security = share
>>>
>>> Provided you don't want any authentication at all this will sort you out
>>> given the setting below which allow guess (anonyous) access.
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>>>>   [music]
>>>>           path = /media/sda3/music
>>>>           inherit acls = Yes
>>>>           browsable = yes
>>>>           browseable = yes
>>>>           read only = Yes
>>>>           guest ok = Yes
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> If you do want usernames/passwords to work then you'll need to figure out
>>> your errors from the debugging you've already done.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Daniel
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