[Samba] help with user permissions

[Philippe LeCavalier]

On Tue, 2010-09-28 at 21:07 +0300, Ben George wrote:

> 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...

Windows XP will not allow you to access shares using different
credentials within the same session. You have one chance at entering
different credentials than the ones you entered when you first logged
in. After that Windows sends those without asking for different ones.

Phil

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> 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
> >
> >