[Samba] subshares ?

[ipguy]

so my only option is NT ACL support then...





> On Tue, 3 Jun 2003, ipguy wrote:
>
> > hi all...
> > i have what seems a simple question regarding subshares, for lack of a
better term...
> > say i have a share with specific user/group permissions and a directory
inside the share that i would like to add different user/group
permissions...
> > this is an example of my smb.conf file to illustrate
> >
> > [driveA]
> > path = /samba/driveA
> > browseable = Yes
> > writeable = Yes
> > valid users = PDC+groupA
> > force group = PDC+groupA
> >
> > [driveB]
> > path = /samba/driveA/driveB
> > browseable = No
> > writeable = Yes
> > valid users = PDC+groupB
> > force group = PDC+groupB
> > inherit permissions = No
> >
> > shouldn't this restrict groupA users from accessing the subshare called
> > "driveB" located inside the share "/samba/driveA" ??
>
> driveB is a directory in /samba/driveA from the perspective of the driveA
> share. IT is NOT a sub-share, there is no such thing in the SMB/CIFS
> protocol specification.
>
> That means that users of the share called driveA will be able to access
> the contents of the directory driveB as permitted by the permissions on
> the driveBdirectory.
>
> - John T.
> -- 
> John H Terpstra
> Email: jht at samba.org