Samba shares windows

[brinka123]

Something what I don't understand.

fvdw software has users and shares
For the shares permissions can be set for all users.

When I map a network drive in windows computer to a share, I only can do this when the share is public....

Do I have to map drives with admin-nas or the user???

When it is admin-nas, how are the rights arranged for the share......??

[fvdw]

I can do that with any share not matter if it is a public or private one

the only thing is you need to use a username (and password) of a a user that has at least read access access to the share. If those are not the same as those that you used to login to windows then windows will ask you a username and password. What you fill in must be a known user on the NAS that has access to the share you want to connect to.

[Jocko]

an additional note with fvdw's those :

Do I have to map drives with admin-nas or the user???

the admin-nas account is not a samba account : just a web account to allow the administrator access to the web-interface (and also with webdav).
So you must map the share with an user account which set the permissions (write or read)

[brinka123]

For example I have the fvdw share created.I added a user Peter with a Password. When I open fvdw share in File Share Management I see user Peter. Click Full access. Save settings.

When in windows I map the network drive to fvdw, it asks a user and password. I type Peter and Password. Windows doesn't map the drive. Only when I set the share to public it maps.

Is this Windows XP problem? Other network drive I have works fine with shares etc....

I checked the samba password file on the Networkspace2, it contains the users and I see entries to the public share... I expected entries to all shares the user has access to....???? Or not??

Previously I had all shares public, but nzbget produces files under root account. Can't delete them from the windows side...So I have to arrange users...

[fvdw]

For example I have the fvdw share created.I added a user Peter with a Password. When I open fvdw share in File Share Management I see user Peter. Click Full access. Save settings.

When in windows I map the network drive to fvdw, it asks a user and password. I type Peter and Password. Windows doesn't map the drive. Only when I set the share to public it maps.

Is this Windows XP problem? Other network drive I have works fine with shares etc....

I checked the samba password file on the Networkspace2, it contains the users and I see entries to the public share... I expected entries to all shares the user has access to....???? Or not??

Previously I had all shares public, but nzbget produces files under root account. Can't delete them from the windows side...So I have to arrange users...

First be aware that Linux uses case sensitive usernames and passwords, so Peter is not equal to peter.

I think you refer to the samba configuration file, yes that should list entries for all shares and which users have access. I Use windows 7 but as said I can map every share even those which require a different username then I used to login to windows, of course in that case during mapping I need to set the appropriate username/password

It should work also in XP

[brinka123]

Tested it on other windows 7 laptop. Same issue... I realy don't understand this issue... Can only map public shares...
Workgroup is OK....

[fvdw]

Try if it works with crating a user on the NAS with same username and password as on windows and give it at least read access

below an example that it should work drive z:\ is mapped to a privat share with other username then the one used to log in to windows

netwerk-connection.JPG

[fvdw]

this is how I do it

open window to make network connection

netwerk-connection1.JPG

fill in the path and hit complete

if my username and password used to login to windows doesn't allow access it gives an authentication window and I fill in a user and password that has access and then it makes the connection

netwerk-connection2.JPG

[brinka123]

I found it.

You can't map to a protected share when other shares are mapped already by a windows client.

I removed all mappings from a laptop, mapped to one protected share on this laptop. This works!!!
Mapping to 1 or more unprotected is also possible this is what I normally have (a movie and a documents share).

But mapping to unprotected and 1 protected is not possible !!!!
You can check this.

I thougt I was going to be stupid but I think this is windows...