Hello,

I have mounted a USB hard drive (Fat32 format) on my WL500G Deluxe router and followed the excellent Samba Tutorial from MacSat.
From my Windows XP computer I can now browse my share "SambaShare"
But it is impossible to copy files from Windows to Sambashare. The system says "specified network name is not longer available"
It is neither possible to delete or open a file on SambaShare from Windows.

Can you please help me.

Regards

Michel

Information on my configuration:
- I have used the Samba package available at : http://downloads.openwrt.org/backports/rc6/samba-server_2.0.10-2_mipsel.ipk
- I have added root as Samba user: smbpasswd -a root
- mount command says:
/dev/root on /rom type squashfs (ro)
none on /dev type devfs (rw)
none on /proc type proc (rw)
none on /tmp type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)
/dev/mtdblock/4 on /jffs type jffs2 (rw)
/jffs on / type mini_fo (rw)
none on /dev/pts type devpts (rw)
none on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw)
/dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1 on /opt type vfat (rw)

- /etc/samba/smb.conf is:
[global]
workgroup = WORKGROUP
server string = OpenWRT Samba Server
wins support = no
dns proxy = no
name resolve order = lmhosts hosts bcast
log file = /opt/log/samba/log.%m
max log size = 1000
syslog = 0
security = share
encrypt passwords = true
obey pam restrictions = yes
passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
load printers = no

[SambaShare]
comment = /opt/samba
path = /opt/samba
browseable = yes
public = yes
guest ok = yes
writeable = yes
force user = root
force group = root

Thank you macsat for your response.

But the "force user = root" is already in the [SambaShare] section.

Do I have to move it in the [global] section?


Thx
Michel

You could try to put in your root password - just as a test.

Under all circumstances I really do advice you to consider to use ext2 or ext3 as filesytem, both for real compatibility and for performance. Last time I checked, ext2 gave me about twice the transfer-rate compared to FAT32 using OpenWrt on a ASUS WL-500G Deluxe.

ok, I have reformated the disk as ext2 filesystem and used the smb.conf from the macsat tutorial but...

When I try to copy a file from Windows Explorer to my SambaShare, the file is created but is empty (size = 0)
and the system still says "specified network name is not longer available"


MacSat? please!




workgroup = WORKGROUP
server string = OpenWRT Samba Server
wins support = no
dns proxy = no
name resolve order = lmhosts hosts bcast
log file = /opt/var/log/samba/log.%m
max log size = 1000
syslog = 0
security = share
encrypt passwords = true
obey pam restrictions = yes
guest account = nobody
passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
load printers = no

[SambaShare]
comment = /opt/samba
path = /opt/samba
browseable = yes
public = yes
guest ok = yes
writeable = yes

I already did it
I do it again but it doesn't work 

The strange thing is when I try to copy a file from the SambaShare to Windows, i've got the same error message.


I'm desperate