I have installed samba on my shiny new pogoplug as per these steps at OpenPogo:

http://www.plugapps.com/index.php5?title=OpenPogo:Samba

It took some work since I am a Linux neophite, but I can see my shared volume just fine from a Windows 7 Pro computer. The thing is, every time I create a folder or new text file within that folder, it is "read only" and I cannot edit the text file nor create subdirectories within my new folder.

It appears that the "owner" of every file and directory I manage to create (by using chmod 777 on the folder) is always "root" instead of my logged-in user name. Is there some way to change this so I can edit/delete/modify my files without having to log in as root or something?

The share in my smb.conf is:

[SDB1]
path = /tmp/.cemnt/mnt_sdb1
write list = myuser, administrator
create mask = 0777
writeable=yes
available=yes
browseable = yes
force create mode = 0660
force directory mode = 0770

the part about "force directory mode" and "create mode" were tips from another web site. I have also read this previous topic:

http://www22.pogoplugged.com/forum/thread/12063/need-help-configuring-SAMBA2-on-pogoplug/?highlight=samba

and my problem seems similar, but the thread was hijacked and the fix they talk about doesn't work for me.