[Samba] Working simultaneously with the same user account

[Gaiseric Vandal]

Are users logging into the PC with this one account? Or are they logging 
into PC's with unique accounts?  Are they accessing other shares besides 
this one?  If this is the only share, it shouldn't be a problem 
(technically.)





On 02/28/2011 11:40 AM, Aniruddha wrote:
> I would like to  authenticate several desktops with the samba server 
> using the same user name and password. Is it possible for 5 desktops 
> to work simultaneously using the same user name and password in the 
> same share on the samba server? Are there any downsides or possible 
> problems with this approach? Permissions are inheritable and based on 
> groups:
>
>
> # mkdir /media/test
> # chmod -R 770 /media/test
> # chmod g+s /media/test
> # chown -R root:users /media/test
>
> # cat /etc/samba/smb.conf
> [global]
> workgroup = WORKGROUP
> netbios name = TESTSERVER
> security = user
>
> [test]
> path = /media/test
> read only = No
> store dos attributes = yes
> inherit permissions = yes
>