linux - virtual centOS 6.2 - How to share /var/www using Samba

Question

I have Windows XP, installed VirtualBox, and have now a centOS virtual machine. I am sharing folders between the two machines using Samba.

I have successfully accessed shared folders in the Home directory. My problem now is how do I access /var/www? (I have exactly the same setting with home directories in smb.conf except path).

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

You must add such section to the smb.conf:

[www]
   comment = Web Root Dir
   path = /var/www
   valid users = user
   public = no
   writable = yes
   printable = no

User user must exist in the system and in Samba (added by smbpasswd -a user). Of course you can use other username.

Check if your user user can access this filesystem in Linux (without samba). If it can't you must give him access rights in Linux.