[Samba] Restrict access to [homes] share

[Kurt Weiss]

Chew, Darren schrieb:
> G'day,
> 
> I'd like to know how to restrict access to the [homes] share. Currently, each 
> user is able to read/write to his/her own share, and by typing 
> \\machine\anotheruser can open another user's share and read/write there too. 
> I would like to restrict access so that a user can only read/write to their 
> own share only.
> 



> 
> [homes]
> 	comment = Home Directories
> 	path = /home/samba/%S
> 	force group = nobody
> 	read only = No
> 	browseable = No

set the owner of /home/samba/<username> to the given owner,
set access for directories and files to 0700
in smb.conf use:

creation mode = 0700
directory mode = 0700

so nobody than the given user has access...

> 
> I have tried using the "valid users" line but when I put it in I can't open my 
> home share. I am using Red Hat Linux 8.0 and Samba 2.2.7a (from rpm). Any help 
> is greatly appreciated. Thanks.
> 
> Darren
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