[Samba] copy of a share without path

[mathias dufresne]

How to use copy:
[template12]
    writable = yes
    browsable = yes
    valid users = andy, dave, jay
[share1]
  path=/path/to/share1
  copy = template12
[share2]
  path=/path/to/share2
  copy = template12

Here template12 is a template and it used later for declaring shares share1
and share2.

template (or in my example template12) is not meant to be used as a share
because a share is a directory you are sharing. A directory is represented
by a path. So without path to the directory you want to share, Samba can't
share anything because there is nothing to share...


2016-04-21 11:56 GMT+02:00 Alexandre Klein <
alexandre.klein at tanukisoftware.com>:

> Hello,
>
> Is the example for 'copy' (
> https://www.samba.org/samba/docs/using_samba/ch06.html ) valid?
> [template]
>     writable = yes
>     browsable = yes
>     valid users = andy, dave, jay
>
> When I'm trying a similar configuration, I can't log in and I have this
> message in log.smbd:
> WARNING: No path in service template - making it unavailable!
>
> It seems I need to add a path:
> [template]
>     writable = yes
>     browsable = yes
>     valid users = andy, dave, jay
>     path = /path/somewhere
>
> Or maybe there is something with the version of Samba that I'm using:
> 2:4.1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2.14.04.11
>
> Regards,
> Alexandre Klein
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