Samba and XP-Home

trentham · 01-24-2005, 02:07 AM

I have a very strange situation and can't get to the bottom of it. Does anyone know anything in this area?

I have a fairly simple common shared area on Samba (on Fedpra Code 2) which is accessed via various mainly Windows clients.

A specific problem occurs when either of the 2 machines running XP-Home uses it. They can create files, change them and move them but cannot delete them. This problem does not occur when XP-Pro accesses the area. In fact I've tried setting different accounts on different machines and it seems to be down to XP-Home!

XP-Home, Logon as userhome ... cannot delete
XP-Home, Logon as userpro ... cannot delete
XP-Pro, Logon as userhome ... no problem
XP-Pro, Logon as userpro ... no problem

Windows 98 does not show this problem (although there are other issues which I've not got to in detail yet but superficially, look different).

I'm running a setup on my own installation which mirrors the way things are done (folder and user names are different) and have no problems with Win2000pro or Win98, though I don't have an XP-Home machine attached.

the smbusers file, in fact, maps all users to the same user;
office = userpro userhome ...etc
and any files created in the shared area show as being owned by 'office'.

The samba config file defines the shared area as follows, although I don't think this info'll help since it works for most users!

[common]
comment = /common
browsable = yes
writable = yes
guest ok = yes
read only = no
create mode = 0750
directory = /home/common

Are any problems known with XP-Home and samba? I can't even think of a way of creating the situation where I can do everything except delete a file; how can it be done?

Skie · 01-24-2005, 10:55 AM

This might be a permissions issue. Try setting your Create Mode to "0777" and see if this helps. If it does, then you can try "0755" as well. The only other thing that I can think of is the fact that XP Home doesn't have full networking capabilities (to help diferentiate it from XP Pro). Although I'm not sure what the exact differences are, nor do I know if this would be why you're having this issue. The only thing I know for sure is that XP Home can't join Domains.

trentham · 01-24-2005, 04:47 PM

Permissions was my first thought so I set the common folder and all contents to 777 but it made no difference. I've also tried things with the create mode but agin it makes no difference.

This looks to me like another triumph for Mr Gates in his war against everything else!

01-24-2005, 02:07 AM	#1 (permalink)
trentham Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2 OS: Win2K, Fedora, Win98	Samba and XP-Home I have a very strange situation and can't get to the bottom of it. Does anyone know anything in this area? I have a fairly simple common shared area on Samba (on Fedpra Code 2) which is accessed via various mainly Windows clients. A specific problem occurs when either of the 2 machines running XP-Home uses it. They can create files, change them and move them but cannot delete them. This problem does not occur when XP-Pro accesses the area. In fact I've tried setting different accounts on different machines and it seems to be down to XP-Home! XP-Home, Logon as userhome ... cannot delete XP-Home, Logon as userpro ... cannot delete XP-Pro, Logon as userhome ... no problem XP-Pro, Logon as userpro ... no problem Windows 98 does not show this problem (although there are other issues which I've not got to in detail yet but superficially, look different). I'm running a setup on my own installation which mirrors the way things are done (folder and user names are different) and have no problems with Win2000pro or Win98, though I don't have an XP-Home machine attached. the smbusers file, in fact, maps all users to the same user; office = userpro userhome ...etc and any files created in the shared area show as being owned by 'office'. The samba config file defines the shared area as follows, although I don't think this info'll help since it works for most users! [common] comment = /common browsable = yes writable = yes guest ok = yes read only = no create mode = 0750 directory = /home/common Are any problems known with XP-Home and samba? I can't even think of a way of creating the situation where I can do everything except delete a file; how can it be done?

01-24-2005, 10:55 AM	#2 (permalink)
Skie Manager, Alternative Comp Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Chicago burbs Posts: 2,194 OS: Gentoo Linux, CentOS, OS X My System	This might be a permissions issue. Try setting your Create Mode to "0777" and see if this helps. If it does, then you can try "0755" as well. The only other thing that I can think of is the fact that XP Home doesn't have full networking capabilities (to help diferentiate it from XP Pro). Although I'm not sure what the exact differences are, nor do I know if this would be why you're having this issue. The only thing I know for sure is that XP Home can't join Domains. __________________

01-24-2005, 04:47 PM	#3 (permalink)
trentham Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2 OS: Win2K, Fedora, Win98	Permissions was my first thought so I set the common folder and all contents to 777 but it made no difference. I've also tried things with the create mode but agin it makes no difference. This looks to me like another triumph for Mr Gates in his war against everything else!