2nd Group Membership not being detected on a Share

[Robert Dahlem]

Dave,

On Thu, 7 May 1998 11:00:57 +1000, Dave wrote:

>  I have a group called "special" with 5 members. All of these users are in
>different primary groups (none in special as a primary).

>  I have a share defined:
>[global]
>  security = user
>[network]
>  comment = Network Storage
>  path = /usr/local/network   <- chmod 1770 - Owned by root.special
>  revalidate = yes
>  force group = @special
>  write list = @special
>  valid users = @special
>  create mode = 770
>  directory mask = 770
>;
>  None of the 5 users can access this share. All 5 use Win95 computers
>(None use NT with SP3). They are asked for a password, and the correct
>password for that user results in an password error (as if it was wrong). 
>  ***NOTE: If I comment out the revalidate = yes, then they can map the
>drive. But... any directory that they create has their primary group
>listed, not the special group.

The last one is caused by a wrong "force group". Leave the "@" away.

Regards,
        Robert

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