[Samba] Multi share point to the same drive letter

[M Azer]

This what i did. Not what i was looking for but it works fine - now when
users logon they see 3 shares Home, Public and their group share. Not sure
if this is the way everybody is doing it but if there is a better way please
let me know

/Shares
drwxrws--- 4 root devel             4096 Jan 22 12:50 devel
drwxrws--- 4 root finance          4096 Jan 22 10:51 fin
drwxrws--- 3 root it                    4096 Jan 22 11:39 it
drwxrwx--- 5 root Domain Users 4096 Jan 22 12:50 pub

Login script:
net use H: "\\itbox\%username%" /persistent:no
net use P: "\\itbox\Public Share" /persistent:no
net use O: "\\itbox\Development Dept Share" /persistent:no
net use F: "\\itbox\Finance Dept Share" /persistent:no
net use I: "\\itbox\Info Sys Dept Share" /persistent:no

smb.conf
[homes]
        comment = Users Home Directories
        read only = no
        browseable = no
[Development Dept Share]
        comment = Development Dept Share
        path = /shares/devel
        public = no
        browseable = yes
        writable = yes
        directory mask = 0770
        create mask = 0770
[Finance Dept Share]
        comment = Finance Dept Share
        path = /shares/fin
        public = no
        browseable = yes
        writable = yes
        directory mask = 0770
        create mask = 0770
[Info Sys Dept Share]
        comment = IT Dept Share
        path = /shares/it
        public = no
        browseable = yes
        writable = yes
        directory mask = 0770
        create mask = 0770
[Public Share]
        comment = CAD Public Share
        path = /shares/pub
        public = no
        browseable = yes
        writable = yes
        directory mask = 0770
        create mask = 0770


On 1/22/07, Dale Schroeder <dale at briannassaladdressing.com> wrote:
>
>  Have you tried
> valid users =
> hide unreadable = yes
> Would that work for you?
>
>
> M Azer wrote:
>
> I have the same setup where all of my Dept shares under a parent share for
> example
> finance, sales, IT are all under the shares folder and i have setup a one
> login script in the user profile to map to the parent share
> net use P: "\\samba\shares
> however if someone from the sales group log in he will see all 3 share but
> will only be permitted to go in the sales share same works with the other
> group members. What I am trying to do is when the sales user log in I only
> want the user to see the Sales folder 'share' only not the other two shares.
> I have set the right permission on all shares where the each group own the
> folder for example
> sales folder will be owned by the root and the group will be the sales
> group
> sales rwxrwx000 root sales
> however when someone not a member of the sales group logon they still see
> the sales folder 'share'
>
> On 1/20/07, Dale Schroeder <dale at briannassaladdressing.com> wrote:
> >
> > I did exactly that by creating a "super share".
> > For example, if you have shared directories /data/finance, /data/IT, and
> > /data/Devel, you can map the drive letter P to the shared directory
> > "/data".
> > Adjust the configurations of the super share and subshares to provide
> > the controlled access that you wish.
> >
> > Good luck,
> > Dale
> >
> > M Azer wrote:
> > > I have samba 3 setup up as ads for windows 2003 AD. is there any way
> > to
> > > create multiable shares in Samba that point to same drive letter.
> > > for instance:
> > > [finance]
> > > [IT]
> > > [Devel]
> > >
> > > what I want to accomplish is when the user double click "MY Computer"
> > 2
> > > network drive  exist
> > >
> > > H for user home
> > > P for Company shares which should show the 3 above shares
> > >
> > > Thanks
> >
>
>
>
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