[Samba] Samba 2.2.8 doesn't allow to write to group share

[Edd Payne]

Do all the files in that directory have branch99 as their group? Try adding 
"force group = branch99" to the share definition in smb.conf, and chmod-ing 
everything already in there to 660 (or 770 for directories). Otherwise the 
group ownership of the files will be the user's primary group, which may or 
may not be branch99.

I have a share set up that way and it works fine.

edd

On Monday 01 Dec 2003 8:59 pm, Eric Geater 11/26/03 wrote:
> Two issues, and I'll discuss them both:
>
> I created on my NT4 domain a group called "branch99".  They're a "local
> group" as far as NT is concerned, and it has two members; myself, and
> another fellow down the hall.  My end quest is to create a share on a
> Mandrake 9.2 box running Samba 2.2.8, and have it permit or deny file
> access based on NT's typical discretions.
>
> Using a recipe found in "Linux for Windows Administrators", I set up the
> following smb.conf file:
>
> [global]
>    name resolve order = wins lmhosts bcast
>    wins server = 172.16.128.1
>    wins support = no
>    domain master = no
>    local master = no
>    os level = 10
>    preferred master = no
>    workgroup = MARTIN
>    server string = ZEKEJAX Test
>    netbios name = ZEKEJAX
>    security = domain
>    password server = *
>    encrypt passwords = yes
>    smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd
>
> The group in question is this:
>
> [branch99test]
>    comment = Branch 99's Test Share
>    path = /home/branch99
>    valid users = @branch99
>    browseable = yes
>    read only = no
>    create mode = 0660
>    directory mode = 0770
>
> I have already successfully joined the domain.
>
> There is another (liberal rules) share that I can get to with no
> problems at all.  I can even double-click the "branch99test" share, and
> see the file that appears (a single text file created from the Mandrake
> box; even my Windows box can open it).  But I can't write (create) in
> the directory.  Can anyone postulate as to why?  I don't mind if
> kstovall (not a member of "branch99") can't do it, but I'm in that
> group, and I can't do it from an XP or 98 box joined to the domain.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Eric

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