[Samba] Cannot get shares to show up

[Jesse Stone]

Thanks Ryan,

NOTE:  Question at bottom.  :)

I guess I need to review the Samba documentation better.  I was using the
examples provided in smb.conf and thought that "Browsible" meant that people
other than "Valid Users" could see the stuff inside a share.

For example,

My "Home" directory comes up as a share in Network Neighborhood but it also
has browsable=no which is confusing:

[homes]
comment = Home
valid users = %S
read only = no
browsable = no

I'm not disagreeing with you, just pointing out how I was confused.  I will
read through the documentation again on shares to ensure I am setting them
up correctly.

QUESTION:  Simply using preexec to mount a drive prior to showing the
contents doesn't sound like it'll be a robust enough solution when you have
multiple people hitting the same share.  Is it common practice to point pre
and postexec to a script that determines whether a mount has already been
mounted?  Does anyone have any examples of a script that does this?

I am learning Python and have no problems attempting to write this myself as
it seems fairly straight forward.  I guess my question is more "Is this the
best approach?"

-Jesse

On Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 7:23 PM, Ryan Bair <ryandbair at gmail.com> wrote:

> Sorry, meant to reply all on that.
>
> On Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 10:22 PM, Ryan Bair <ryandbair at gmail.com> wrote:
> > By showing up I assume you mean showing up in the listing of shares
> > for the computer?
> >
> > The "browsable = no" would be your problem. It makes the share not
> > browsable. :-)
> >
> > --Ryan
> >
> > On Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 6:50 PM, Jesse Stone <jstone1999 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> I apologize if this is a really silly question but I've been messing
> with
> >> this for awhile now and cannot see any typos that would prevent these
> shares
> >> from showing up.
> >>
> >> I'm trying two things I've never done before so I want to make sure to
> point
> >> them out:
> >>
> >> 1)  I am using groups in the "valid users" section
> >> 2)  I am using preexec and postexec on each share
> >>
> >> Example:
> >>
> >> [Media]
> >> comment = Media(Non-kid)!
> >> path = /mnt/media1
> >> read only = yes
> >> browsable = no
> >> valid users = @mediausers
> >> preexec = /bin/mount /mnt/media1
> >> postexec = /bin/umount /mnt/media1
> >>
> >> I've done nothing with the /mnt/media1 folder so I expect my next issue
> will
> >> be permissiones related but I would expect the shares to at least show
> up
> >> for all users within the @mediausers group.
> >>
> >> I'm using preexec ect from the cd-rom example contained within the
> default
> >> smb.conf file.
> >>
> >> -Jesse
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