[Samba] Write permission for only server machine.

[Chris McKeever]

On Fri, 24 Sep 2004 06:44:27 -0700 (PDT), prakash k
<prakash_cgeditor at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Good day every one.
> 
>     I have a network with samba 3.0.7 running on a
> server. Every hour, the server downloads antivirus
> updates and pushes them to all the clients on the
> network.
>    My objective is to give write permission for  the
> antivirus share only to this  server machine. Other
> machines should have only read permission. My samba
> configuration file is as follows:
> 
>     [global]
>         workgroup = pranan
>         netbios name = SANTOSH
>         security = SHARE
> 
>     [test]
> 
>         path = /antivirus
>         guest ok = yes
>         browseable = yes
>         hosts allow = x.y.z.      //subnet IP address
>         write list =  x.y.z.w     //Server IP address
> 

have you made the guest account and defined it in samba?  guest ok = yes 
is only half the battle

>         But my problem is every client machine is
>        asked for authentication with this
> configuration and the server needs to maintain login
> id and password         of each machine, which I dont want
> to maintain.
> 
> Is there any way of solving my problem? if yes
>         Please help me.
> 
>  Thanks in advance.
> 
>   Reagards
>   Prakash.
> 
> 
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