[Samba] write list and valid users

[Jason Greene]

We found the problem...

It was the fact that we had
valid user =

and it needs to be
valid users =


then we needed to remove  writeable = yes and change it to browseable = yes

Thanks for the responses

Jason


On 12/19/07, Michael Heydon <michaelh at jaswin.com.au> wrote:
>
> Jason Greene wrote:
> > We finally got our server to migrate to the new domain.
> >
> > Now when we access a share anyone can write to it.
> >
> > I removed the write list and valid users list and restarted samba...
> anyone
> > can still access and write to it.
> >
> > Can some one school me on samba permissions?
> >
> I don't want to sound like a jerk, but this is fairly clearly explained
> in the man page.
> > here is the share info
> >
> > drwxrwsrwx  10 user group    4096 Dec 19 08:16 dev
> >
> > [dev]
> >         path = /apps/dev
> >         create mask = 666
> >         directory mask = 2777
> >         valid user =  removed for security (a bunch of domain groups)
> >         write list = removed for security  (a bunch of domain groups)
> >
> write list: This is a list of users that are given  read-write  access
> to  a
> service. If the connecting user is in this list then they will be
> given write access, no matter what the read only  option  is  set to.
> >         writeable = yes
> >
> writeable: Inverted synonym for read only.
>
> read only: If  this parameter is yes, then users of a service may not
> create
> or modify files in the service's directory.
>
> As you can see, setting "writeable = yes" allows anyone who connects to
> write to the share (depending on unix permissions). "write list" will
> overrule the "read only" ("writeable") setting on a share for certain
> users. If you remove the "writeable = yes" line it will default to read
> only and only users in the write list will be able to make changes.
>
> *Michael Heydon - IT Administrator *
> michaelh at jaswin.com.au <mailto:michaelh at jaswin.com.au>
>



-- 
Jason Greene