FW: Samba Bug with Force user??

[Desai, Rohit]

If you could help me with this problems, I would highly appreciate it.
Thanks
Rohit Desai
> ----------
> From: 	Desai, Rohit
> Sent: 	Thursday, June 24, 1999 11:25 AM
> To: 	'samba-bugs at samba.org'
> Subject: 	Samba Bug??
> Importance: 	High
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I am facing some problems with the current installations of Samba that I
> have (Details given below). If anybody could give me some inputs on this I
> would highly appreciate it.
> 
> Setup :
> 
> - I am running samba 1.9.18p10 on a DYNIX/ptx V4.4.2, Sequent server. 
> - I belong to a Unix group "uvdev" on this sequent server.
> - In the samba config file I have two shares, the home directories  and
> another file system /a1/ox.dev/OX.DEV. 
> - /a1/ox.dev.OX.DEV is owned by "root" and group "uvdev" and has
> permissions 777
> - we have a unix account by name "sccsadm" 
> 
> - Samba shares definition as in smb.conf file :
> [homes]
>    comment = Home Directories
>    browseable = yes
>    writable = yes
> 
> [tmp]
>    comment = Temporary file space
>    path = /tmp
>    read only = yes
>    public = no
> 
> [PVCSDEV]
>    comment = Samba DEV
>    path = /a1/ox.dev/OX.DEV
>    public = yes
>    writable = yes
>    printable = no
>    write list = @uvdev
>    force user = sccsadm
>    force group = uvdev
> 
> 
> Problem:
> 
> I am trying to include "force user = sccsadm" and "force group = uvdev"
> just for the share /a1/ox.dev/OX.DEV. But the moment I introduce that in
> the config file and re-start the daemon, the user "sccsadm" and "group
> "abc" are being forced on the home directories too. 
> 
> Another Obeservatioon:
> 
> I have samba 1.9.18p10 running on a sun sparc 5.6 server with the same
> configuration and in this case, the user and group are forced only on the
> shares under which we have the entries in the smb.conf file properly.
> 
> If anybody could help me with this or suggest some solution, I would
> highly appreciate it.
> 
> Thanks
> Rohit Desai
> 
> 
>