Groups and Permissions

Fri Oct 26 07:12:17 GMT 2001

Hi all!  I have recently built a computer,  installed Linux 7.0 manually
and added it to our LAN. I have installed Samba and the smbd and nmbd
daemons are running; however, I am having problems with making groups
and assigning permissions. If anyone could help or if you see a problem
with my smb.conf file please let me know. I am such a newbie with Linux!
Specific commands and maybe an example would be nice.
[global]

# workgroup = NT-Domain-Name or Workgroup-Name
   workgroup = Southern Comm
   Netbios Name = VanRyswyk
# server string is the equivalent of the NT Description field
   server string = Samba Server

# This option is important for security. It allows you to restrict
# connections to machines which are on your local network. The
# following example restricts access to two C class networks and
# the "loopback" interface. For more examples of the syntax see
# the smb.conf man page
   hosts allow = 192.168.0.4 192.168.0.3 127.

# if you want to automatically load your printer list rather
# than setting them up individually then you'll need this
   printcap name = /etc/printcap
   load printers = yes

# It should not be necessary to spell out the print system type unless
# yours is non-standard. Currently supported print systems include:
# bsd, sysv, plp, lprng, aix, hpux, qnx
   printing = lprng

# Uncomment this if you want a guest account, you must add this to
/etc/passwd
# otherwise the user "nobody" is used
;  guest account = nobody

# this tells Samba to use a separate log file for each machine
# that connects
   log file = /var/log/samba/log.smb

# Put a capping on the size of the log files (in Kb).
   max log size = 50

# Security mode. Most people will want user level security.
# See security_level.txt for details.
#   security = user
   security = share
# Use password server option only with security = server
#  password server = VanRyswyk

# Password Level allows matching of _n_ characters of the password for
# all combinations of upper and lower case.
  password level = 8
  username level = 8

# You may wish to use password encryption. Please read
# ENCRYPTION.txt, Win95.txt and WinNT.txt in the Samba documentation.
# Do not enable this option unless you have read those documents
  encrypt passwords = yes
  smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd

# The following are needed to allow password changing from Windows to
# update the Linux sytsem password also.
# NOTE: Use these with 'encrypt passwords' and 'smb passwd file' above.
# NOTE2: You do NOT need these to allow workstations to change only
#        the encrypted SMB passwords. They allow the Unix password
#        to be kept in sync with the SMB password.
  unix password sync = Yes
  passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
  passwd chat = *New*UNIX*password* %n\n *ReType*new*UNIX*password* %n\n
*passwd:*all*authentication*tokens*updated*successfully*

# Unix users can map to different SMB User names
  username map = /etc/samba/smbusers

# Using the following line enables you to customise your configuration
# on a per machine basis. The %m gets replaced with the netbios name
# of the machine that is connecting
;   include = /etc/samba/smb.conf.%m

# Most people will find that this option gives better performance.
# See speed.txt and the manual pages for details
   socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192

# Configure Samba to use multiple interfaces
# If you have multiple network interfaces then you must list them
# here. See the man page for details.
;    interfaces = 192.168.0.4/255.255.255.0

# Configure remote browse list synchronisation here
# request announcement to, or browse list sync from:
#       a specific host or from / to a whole subnet (see below)
;   remote browse sync = 192.168.0.255 192.168.5.255
# Cause this host to announce itself to local subnets here
;   remote announce = 192.168.0.255 192.168.2.44

# Browser Control Options:
# set local master to no if you don't want Samba to become a master
# browser on your network. Otherwise the normal election rules apply
   local master = yes

# OS Level determines the precedence of this server in master browser
# elections. The default value should be reasonable
   os level = 33

# Domain Master specifies Samba to be the Domain Master Browser. This
# allows Samba to collate browse lists between subnets. Don't use this
# if you already have a Windows NT domain controller doing this job
   domain master = yes

# Preferred Master causes Samba to force a local browser election on
startup
# and gives it a slightly higher chance of winning the election
   preferred master = yes

# Use only if you have an NT server on your network that has been
# configured at install time to be a primary domain controller.
  ; domain controller = VanRyswyk

# Enable this if you want Samba to be a domain logon server for
# Windows95 workstations.
;   domain logons = yes

# if you enable domain logons then you may want a per-machine or
# per user logon script
# run a specific logon batch file per workstation (machine)
   logon script = %m.bat
# run a specific logon batch file per username
   logon script = %U.bat

# Where to store roving profiles (only for Win95 and WinNT)
#        %L substitutes for this servers netbios name, %U is username
#        You must uncomment the [Profiles] share below
;   logon path = \\%L\Profiles\%U

# All NetBIOS names must be resolved to IP Addresses
# 'Name Resolve Order' allows the named resolution mechanism to be
specified
# the default order is "host lmhosts wins bcast". "host" means use the
unix
# system gethostbyname() function call that will use either /etc/hosts
OR
# DNS or NIS depending on the settings of /etc/host.config,
/etc/nsswitch.conf
# and the /etc/resolv.conf file. "host" therefore is system
configuration
# dependant. This parameter is most often of use to prevent DNS lookups
# in order to resolve NetBIOS names to IP Addresses. Use with care!
# The example below excludes use of name resolution for machines that
are NOT
# on the local network segment
# - OR - are not deliberately to be known via lmhosts or via WINS.
 name resolve order = wins lmhosts bcast

# Windows Internet Name Serving Support Section:
# WINS Support - Tells the NMBD component of Samba to enable it's WINS
Server
   wins support = yes

# WINS Server - Tells the NMBD components of Samba to be a WINS Client
#       Note: Samba can be either a WINS Server, or a WINS Client, but
NOT both
;   wins server = w.x.y.z

# WINS Proxy - Tells Samba to answer name resolution queries on
# behalf of a non WINS capable client, for this to work there must be
# at least one  WINS Server on the network. The default is NO.
;   wins proxy = yes

# DNS Proxy - tells Samba whether or not to try to resolve NetBIOS names

# via DNS nslookups. The built-in default for versions 1.9.17 is yes,
# this has been changed in version 1.9.18 to no.
 ;  dns proxy = yes

# Case Preservation can be handy - system default is _no_
# NOTE: These can be set on a per share basis
;  preserve case = no
;  short preserve case = no
# Default case is normally upper case for all DOS files
;  default case = lower
# Be very careful with case sensitivity - it can break things!
;  case sensitive = no

#============================ Share Definitions
==============================
# Home directories
[home]
        comment = Home Directories
        path = /home/%u/home
        username = %S
        read only = No
        browseable = yes

# Un-comment the following and create the netlogon directory for Domain
Logons
 [Eddie]
   comment = Eddie's Home Directory
   path = /home/Eddie
   guest ok = no
   writable = yes
   share modes = yes
   browseable = yes

# Rhonda's Directory
 [Rhonda]
  comment = Rhonda's home directory
  path = /home/Rhonda
  guest ok = no
  writable = yes
  share modes = yes
  browseable = yes

# John's Directory
 [John]
  comment = John's home directory
  path = /home/John
  guest ok = yes
  writable = yes
  share modes = yes
  browseable = yes

# southern directory
 [southern]
   comment = southern
    path = /home/southern
    browseable = yes
    guest ok = yes
    writable = yes
    share modes = yes
    create mode = 0777
    locking = no

[accounts]
        comment = Accounting area O
        path = /home/accounts
        read only = No
        create mask = 0660
        directory mask = 02770
        guest ok = No
        # the following line isn't really required
        valid users = @accts

# NOTE: If you have a BSD-style print system there is no need to
# specifically define each individual printer
[printers]
   comment = All Printers
   path = /var/spool/samba
   browseable = yes
# Set public = yes to allow user 'guest account' to print
   guest ok = no
   writable = no
   printable = yes

# This one is useful for people to share files
[tmp]
   comment = Temporary file space
   path = /tmp
   read only = no
   public = yes

# A publicly accessible directory, but read only, except for people in
# the "staff" group
 ; [southern ]

#This is a test to see if I can make the /etc file have shared access
[etc]
  path = /etc
  valid users = Rhonda
  public = no
  read only = yes
  guest ok = no
  browseable = no
  writable = no

Thank you so much!
I really appreciate it!

Rhonda VanRyswyk
rhonda_v at southerncomm.com