samba share depth

[jerry1]

I am trying to share out the HP UNIX directory:
/share/eng/softrel

I can share out /share and mount it.

I cannot share out:

/share/eng/softrel

or even:

/share/eng

I get the message cannot find the
network path \\server1\share\eng not found.

I have done this before with subdirectories
but now I am baffled as to why it is not working now.

[Steven E. Protter · Accepted solution]

I see no reason why you should not be able to do this.

check:
samba logs
directory permissions

smb.conf settings check them against a working server.

SEP

[Sundar_7]

May be you got the wrong share definiton in the smb.conf

[SHARENAME]
path = /usr/somewhere/else/public
writable = yes

If you have the above definition, you should connect to \\netbios-name\SHARENAME to have access to /usr/somewhere/else/public.

If you try \\netbios-name\usr\somewhere\else\public you will not get connected to the share.