[HarryTruman]

'm trying to get access to my Fedora Core machine from my Windows XP machine following this little guide: http://www.reallylinux.com/docs/toptip3.shtml. I have everything set up fine, but when I try to transfer files to any shared folders I get a message saying that access is denied. I have my permissions set up properly with Linux, and regardless of what shares I attempt to access I get that message. What am I missing?

[CouchMaster]

That article says getting Windows files from a Linux Machine - you say you want to get Linux files from Windows Machine - which is it?
Most Linux OS allow you to mount, or they auto mount, windows partitions (I'm on SuSE right now and can access all of my windows programs) but I've not heard of doing it the opposite - that is from Windows looking at Linux partitions - maybe it's possible.........

[JohnWill]

It's certainly possible, many Windows shops run a Samba based Linux file server. Getting the permissions working is beyond my skill level on Linux yet, but it's done all over the world, so it's clearly possible.

BTW, the article you pointed to was accessing physical drives on the same machine, doubtless a dual-boot machine. What you seem to be talking about is network access, a totally different kettle of fish, and what I'm talking about here.

[HarryTruman]

I'm sorry, I posted the completely wrong link.

http://www.reallylinux.com/docs/sambaserver.shtml

That's the article it should've been, that should help some.

[jiml8]

You have samba running? You are sure?

Access denied usually means that the UserID you are using from XP to connect to the Linux box doesn't have permission to connect. Samba permissions and Linux permissions are not the same, though you can set things up so that when one set of permissions is updated the other is too.

More than likely your problem is there.