Sharing Multiple Folders with Samba

Question

How can I share multiple folders in Samba? If I use mutiple [public] sections in smb.conf only the last 1 has effect. Then if I try to name each section differently, I samba doesnt seem to recognize them as shares.

Answer 1

It would be better if you won't use multiple [public] sections. For every section put there some other name/description so it will give the user hint what is/might be under that share. For example:

[Docs]
  comment = Docs
  path = <path>
  public = no
  writable = yes
  ...

[public]
   path = <path>
   public = yes
   only guest = yes
   writable = yes
   printable = no
   ...

Set all needed properties for every share as you would like to. If you want to have all shares public (read/write for everybody) just set under each share section

public = yes

EDIT: Just noticed that you have already tried to name the sections differently and it did not helped. As warl0ck wrote, post here your smb.conf.