RE: [seul-edu] File Space on a Samba Server

["Mark Orenstein" <morenstein@alum.mit.edu>]

I don't know whether this will help, but from a W98 machine, if I right
click/properties on a sharename (by expanding Network Neighborhood), then I
do not get any space information.  On the other hand, if I map the sharename
to a "drive letter" and then from Windows Explorer, right click/properties,
then I will get space utilization information (however, it seems to be
truncated to 2Gigs).  I'm testing this at home using a W98/W95 peer network.
I'll try it tomorrow with Samba at work.

Mark Orenstein
East Granby, CT School System

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-seul-edu@seul.org [mailto:owner-seul-edu@seul.org]On Behalf
Of Mike Wohlgemuth
Sent: Monday, March 27, 2000 2:41 PM
To: seul-edu@seul.org
Subject: [seul-edu] File Space on a Samba Server


Hi all ... I am trying to find an "easy" way for users to know how much
directory space they are using from a Win Nt workstation.

Here is the scenario ... a samba server (1.9.18p10) that shares users home
directories.
The relevant part of smb.conf is

[homes]
   comment = %U's Files
   browseable = no
   writable = yes

when the user right clicks on her folder, and selects properties, from a
workstation (all are NT 4.0) she gets the dialog "The server does not accept
remote requests" . If she goes inside of her directory and right clicks and
selects properties on a folder, then she gets all relevant information.

How do I make it so that she can also see the properties on her folder?

Mike

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