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How do I access a Linux Samba share from a Windows Service?

I'm writing a Windows Service in C#. I have a samba share on a linux server that I can browse/read/write from the windows machine, and I have it mapped to a drive letter. The Windows service is running as the SYSTEM user and cannot write to the share.

What should I change?

Solution

  • I used an entry like this in my samba configuration file (smb.conf) to make it writable by any user.

    [myshare]
   comment = My Share
   path = /home/myusername/myshare
   public = yes
   writable = yes
   #maps all users to the nobody user?
   only guest = yes