Samba/iX honors the same MPE security as any other normal application.
If the MPE User which you define/use with Samba/iX has the ability to
save files in other locations, then Samba will be able to also.

  You can setup Samba/iX in many ways such that it is easy to think
you are effectively one MPE user when in fact you are another.
After you connect up to the share in question, run the
/usr/local/samba/bin/smbstatus program and look what is under the
UID column for your connection.  This will be the (possibly truncated)
MPE USER.ACCOUNT that Samba/iX is using for that connection.  Make
sure that either that USER.ACCOUNT has the required permissions to
do what you need, or alter the Samba configuration such that you start
using a more appropriate MPE USER.ACCOUNT.  An easy way to do that
is (as Lars previously mentioned) to logon to that same MPE USER.ACCOUNT
as a session (NS/VT, TELNET, DTC, etc), and perform a similar operation
as to that which you are attempting with Samba/iX (copying a file, purge
a file, etc).  When you can do the necessary operations as a session, you
should also be able to do it via Samba/iX.

Regards,
Michael L Gueterman
Easy Does It Technologies
http://www.editcorp.com
voice: 888.858.EDIT or 573.368.5478
fax:   573.368.5479
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
> Behalf Of Chuck Ryan
> Sent: Monday, November 20, 2000 2:08 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] Denied access to group w/ SAMBA
>
>
> This limitation has caused me to scrap using SAMBA on the
> 3000 for anything
> but the simplest applications. I had hoped HP would allow us
> to override
> their abitrary limitation from the HFS, a limitation that has
> caused many
> headaches over the years, but they still refuse to do so.
>
> There is a way around this problem, but having SAMBA sign on
> to a SM account
> is just a little to dangerous for my taste.
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: H Lassiter [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> > Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2000 4:02 PM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: [HP3000-L] Denied access to group w/ SAMBA
> >
> >
> > Can someone please tell why I am unable to write files into a share
> > (another account) but I can read files from it. I am sure it is
> > something simple because I can read and write from the
> sample archive
> > share that comes configured with SAMBA.  I am wondering if
> the problem
> > is because I am trying to write to another account on the
> system other
> > than a directory setup under /SAMBA/PUB.
> >
>