[Samba] help with user permissions

[Ben George]

Thanks for your reply..

yea i also want that same thing..give permission to that listed users only..

but when i checked that 3 folders in windows pc.,,only one folder can
accable without password

and when i try to access the other 2 folder's,,it says that network not
reachable..u don't have permission to access this network...like that...




On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 8:58 PM, Dale Schroeder <
dale at briannassaladdressing.com> wrote:

>  Ben,
>
> If I understand you correctly, you are describing expected behavior.  Using
> "valid users" means only
> the users listed can access that share.  If you want all the users to have
> access, don't use "valid users".
>
> Dale
>
> valid users (S)
>
> This is a list of users that should be allowed to login to this service.
> Names starting with '@', '+' and '&' are interpreted using the same rules as
> described in the *invalid users* parameter.
>
> If this is empty (the default) then any user can login. If a username is in
> both this list and the *invalid users* list then access is denied for that
> user.
>
> The current servicename is substituted for *%S*. This is useful in the
> [homes] section.
>
> Default: *valid users = # No valid users list (anyone can login) *
>
> Example: *valid users = greg, @pcusers *
>
>
> On 09/28/2010 10:22 AM, Ben George wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> My Name is Ben.T.George
>
> i successfully installed samba and other all dependencies on my Solaris 10
> (SPARC) machine.
>
> i stopped the default samba and swat and enabled these 2 from the installed
> location (/usr/local/samba/sbin)
>
> then i edited the smb.conf using swat.after that i got a smb.conf like this\
>
>
> # Samba config file created using SWAT
> # from UNKNOWN (ÿ¿û )
> # Date: 2010/09/28 16:30:12
>
> [global]
>     workgroup = GROUP
>     hosts allow = 192.168.1.
>
> [user1]
>     path = /export/home/user1
>     valid users = user1
>
> [ramana]
>     path = /export/home/ramana
>     valid users = ramana
>
> [teju]
>     path = /export/home/teju
>     valid users = teju
> [user1]
>     path = /export/home/user1
>     valid users = user1
>
> after that i created these 3 user's and set password (smbpassword and normal
> password)
>
> then i added one windows xp machine to this same GROUP,i can view these
> shared folders there
>
> then my problem is when i access that particular shared folders,every time
> one folder opens,when i try to access other 2 ,it says not accessible
>
> after that i tried to create these same users on windows,i logged another
> user and tried,,then the folder permission changed
> still i can access another folder and other 2 are not accessible..
>
> every time these changed according to the user.
>
> please help me to solve these....without giving "valid users" it works
> perfect for me
>
> please
>
>
> Thanks
> Ben.T.George
>
>