[Samba] How to give one user write permissions to HOME shares

[John H Terpstra]

Jerome,

Thanks so much for answering this clearly. Always use a simple solution
where possible. We should approach a problem with a complex solution only
after we have exhausted all simple options. My experience is that a
complex solution (like using Posix ACLs) will bite the administrator who
does not have in-depth knowledge of the site.

- John T.


On Mon, 21 Apr 2003, Jerome Walter wrote:

> On Mon, Apr 21, 2003 at 02:10:05PM -0400, Dan Didier wrote:
> > So what is the best way to do this?
>
> First, check the unix rights you gave to mmurrock user.
> If he is not in a group which has rights to write, whatever Samba would do, he
> would not be able to write.
>
> A little exemple to make it clear :
>
> Assume that /home/* belongs to "myusers" group. If mmurrock is not in this
> group, add it. If, for a reason (restriction on other directories), you could
> create another group in which mmurrock and the other users in previous group
> (the ones in %S) are.
>
> chgrp newgroup * and its on the road ...
>
> That's where i use ACL to enable sharing on a per-user basis, but many people
> do not like it. You should first get used to use groups before crapping your
> kernel and file rights with ACLs.
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Jerome
>
>

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John H Terpstra
Email: jht at samba.org