Samba Config. "Drive mapping error" in XP

Could you please write here the actual smb.conf file ?
Also I suppose the msg "Extended Error" is on the windows machine. Is that all it returns?
Can you please quote the complete error msg ?

I'm replying from my blackberry at the moment but I will post my smb.conf file when I get back to the office.

If my memory serves me correctly, the error message stated: "Could not map drive due to the following error: An extended Error Occurred."

This message did display from my windows xp client. The frustrating thing is that it doesn't identify what or where the error came from. I read threads that said to right click on "My computer" then go to manage, then event tracker. I went there and looked under all tags and found. No error that had anything to do with this problem. All it made mention was my live update for my anti virus. I checked my windows firewall. Turned on and off and still the same message. And I even check my old firewall program that I don't use anymore.

I did try to map on my vista client and I get the same message on all but one. I could map it under one of the user names that I created for samba. However I have no access to save anything on that share. Also on this vista client I am able to see all available shares just not what is stored on them.

Hope this helps, will send the smb.conf soon.

Emmanuel
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Can you please quote the complete error msg ?

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smb.conf

[global]
    netbios name = unpsys
    server string = Unparallel Systems Server
    workgroup = WORKGROUP
    encrypt passwords = true
# guest ok = yes
    smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd
    domain master = yes
    local master = yes
    preferred master = yes
    os level = 99
    idmap uid = 10000-20000
    idmap gid = 10000-20000
    announce version = 5.0
    socket options = TCP_NODELAY IPTOS_LOWDELAY SO_KEEPALIVE SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
# passdb backend = tdbsam
    null passwords = true
    username map = /etc/samba/username.map
# name resolve order = wins lmhosts host bcast
    hosts allow = 127.0.0.1 127.0.1.1 192.168.
    hosts deny = 0.0.0.0/0
# hostname lookups = yes
# hosts equiv = /etc/samba/lmhosts
   map to guest = Bad User
   guest account = nobody
# wins support = yes
# smb ports = 139
    browse list = yes
    mangled names = yes
    default case = lower
    case sensitive = no
    preserve case = yes
    short preserve case = yes

#global logging
    syslog = 1
    syslog only = yes

#global printing settings
    printing = CUPS
    printcap name = CUPS

; NOTE: If you need access to the user home directories uncomment the
; lines below and adjust the settings to your hearts content.
wins support = yes

[homes]
    valid users = eio6947 root
    create mode = 0600
    directory mode = 0755
    browseable = no
    read only = no
    ;veto files = /*.{*}/.*/mail/bin/

; NOTE: Inside this place you may build a printer driver repository for

; NOTE: Inside this place you may build a printer driver repository for
; Windows - I'll cover this topic in another HOWTO.

[print$]
    path = /var/lib/samba/printers
    browseable = yes
    guest ok = yes
    read only = yes
    write list = root
    create mask = 0664
    directory mask = 0775

[printers]
    path = /tmp
    printable = yes
    guest ok = yes
    browseable = yes

; Uncomment if you need to share your CD-/DVD-ROM Drive [ ok ]
;[DVD-ROM Drive]
    ;path = /media/cdrom
    ;browseable = yes
    ;read only = yes
    ;guest ok = yes

;These are private shares that only
[UBUNTUFILES]
    path = /home/eio6947

    read only = no
    guest ok = no
    valid users = %U root
    create mask = 0644
    directory mask = 0755
    force user = eio6947
    force group = eio6947
    available = yes
    public = no
    writable = yes
    browsable = no
;These are shares that everyone can access, even guests

[photoshop]
path = /media/photoshop
comment = Photoshop Files
available = yes
browsable = yes
public = yes
writable = yes
guest ok = yes
force user = eio6947
force group = eio6947

[clients]
path = /media/clients
comment = Client Files
available = yes
browsable = yes
public = yes
writable = yes
guest ok = yes
force user = eio6947
force group = eio6947

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Your question #23028 on Ubuntu changed:
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Could you please write here the actual smb.conf file ?
Also I suppose the msg "Extended Error" is on the windows machine. Is that all it returns?
Can you please quote the complete error msg ?

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I have the impression that
for the public folders you should not use
the following directives:

force user = eio6947
force group = eio6947

Thanks! When I removed the user tag it allowed me to map the drive. However I still cannot save anything on the share. I get a "you don't have permission" error.
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Your question #23028 on Ubuntu changed:
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Thanos Koukoulis proposed the following answer:
I have the impression that
for the public folders you should not use
the following directives:

force user = eio6947
force group = eio6947

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What are the actual file system permissions for that directory ?
In a terminal do
ls -la /media/clients

most probably noone has read-write permissions apart from the actual owner of the directory.
Give read-write permissions to everyone.

How do I add this for everyone?
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Subject: Re: [Question #23028]: Samba Config. "Drive mapping error" in XP

Your question #23028 on Ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/23028

    Status: Open => Answered

Thanos Koukoulis proposed the following answer:
What are the actual file system permissions for that directory ?
In a terminal do
ls -la /media/clients

most probably noone has read-write permissions apart from the actual owner of the directory.
Give read-write permissions to everyone.

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Sorry do

chmod -R 777 /media/clients

also in the smb.conf file in the [clients] directive at the end add

create mask = 777
directory mask = 777

so any file written there as well as all new directories are readable/writable by everyone.
(restart samba after you change the directive)

What about any shares that I want to keep private by user. What would be the permisions tag for that? What you suggested worked, but I'm still trying to understand what I did to make it work so that I actually learned this thing. Thanks for the help. I spent hours in the Ubuntuforums.org until they gave up on me.

Thanks Thanos Koukoulis, that solved my question.