Samba Config Help

I have a linux box at home for devel. I set up a samba share so I could read and write to it like a local drive.

I am still unable to write to the shared directory. It reads just fine. I even tried to 777 it. It begins to write the file and write some of it, then times out

Here is my share config

[postals_share]
comment = Postal Cow, Say's Moo?
path = /var/www/html
writeable = yes
printable = no
create mask = 0777

I had this problem myself - can't remember exactly what was causing it, but I used swat on port 901 to configure the service (also accessible through webmin - usually on port 10000) and things just started to work.

I've posted my smb.conf file below if that helps!


# Samba config file created using SWAT
# from localhost.localdomain (127.0.0.1)
# Date: 2003/07/01 11:56:41

# Global parameters
[global]
workgroup = NETWORK
server string = Samba Server %v
security = SHARE
encrypt passwords = Yes
log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
max log size = 50
socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
printcap name = lpstat
dns proxy = No
comment = shared
path = /home/simon/shared
force user = nobody
guest ok = Yes
printing = cups

[homes]
comment = Home Directories
read only = No
browseable = No

[printers]
comment = All Printers
path = /var/spool/samba
create mask = 0700
printable = Yes
print command = lpr-cups -P %p -o raw %s -r # using client side printer drivers.
lpq command = lpstat -o %p
lprm command = cancel %p-%j
browseable = No

[shared]
comment = shared files on linux server
path = /home/simon/shared/
force user = simon
read only = No

[websites]
comment = websites
path = /var/www/html/websites/
read only = No

[protected]
comment = protected
path = /home/simon/
read only = No

[hpc]
read only = No
guest only = Yes
printable = Yes