[Samba] Complex [homes] rule

David Markey dmarkey at dodds.dmarkey.com
Tue Mar 10 18:10:11 GMT 2009


No..

I want only postgrad group to have access but I dont want them to access
anyone elses home directory as discussed previously(using the valid users =
%D%w%S).

In other words i need some kind of AND statement.

i.e. valid users = @DOMAIN\postgrads AND %D%w%S





On Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:04:29 -0400, Andrew Chaplin
<chaplina+samba at canisius.edu> wrote:
> I think you are saying you only want the postgrad group to have access 
> to their home directory share.
> 
> Look at the smb.conf entry for "valid users".
> 
> David Markey wrote:
>> I really think i have explained the situation enough and its not that
>> complex. I only want the users in the postgrad group to get access to
>> their home directories via samba but i dont want them to be able to
>> access anyone elses. 
>> 
>> include = %D%w%S.smb.conf wont work, that would obviosly mean id need
>> an include for for every user in the postgrad group i.e.
>> DOMAINdmarkey.smb.conf DOMAINjoebloggs.smb.conf which is not what i
>> want. 
>> On Tue, 10 Mar 2009 18:08:15 +0100, Stéphane PURNELLE  wrote: 
>> Could you provide more information about your configuration. 
>> a homes share with two access, why ? 
>> A idea :  
>> about include parameter, if you edit your smb.conf and put end of the
>> file the homes shares and the include parameter like :  
>> include = %D%w%S.smb.conf 
>> [homes] 
>> ... 
>> valid user= @postgrad 
>> and ofcourse define on %D%w%S.smb.conf (the correct homes share for
>> %D%w%S) 
>> -----------------------------------
>>  Stéphane PURNELLE                        
>> stephane.purnelle at corman.be
>> 
>> Service Informatique       Corman S.A.           Tel : 00 32
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>> samba-bounces+stephane.purnelle=corman.be at lists.samba.org a
>> écrit sur 10/03/2009 17:52:07 :
>>  > If you are referring to
>> http://marc.info/?l=samba&m=122692173903872&w=2
>>  > 
>>  > This doesnt work for me because postgrad isnt the primary group of
>> those
>>  > particular users.
>>  > 
>>  > 
>>  > On Tue, 10 Mar 2009 16:18:44 +0000, Miguel Medalha 
>>  > wrote:
>>  > > 
>>  > >> Im my [homes] share i want to have two access rules. First one
>> is
>>  > >> %D%w%S so that DOMAINdmarkey will only be able to access his
>> own home
>>  > >> directory and nobody elses 
>>  > >> But I only want users in the postgrad group to be able to
>> access
>>  > >> their home directory. 
>>  > >>
>>  > >>   
>>  > > 
>>  > > That question has already been solved in previous posts. Please
>> search 
>>  > > the list.
>>  > > 
>>  > > The solution lies with the use of the "include" parameter.
>>  > 
>>  >



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