[Samba] problems with share permissions

[Rowland Penny]

On Tue, 12 Dec 2017 13:31:30 -0800
Jerry Lowry via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:

> Hi
> 
> I had a few test shares  created and they were working fine. Users
> could read or write depending on the windows group that was defined
> on the share. I have since removed the test shares and created the
> file structure needed and setup the smb.conf file with the share
> names.  I have also setup the groups and assigned them to the
> respective directories.  Problem is the users can connect to the
> share but the get "access denied" and can not open the share
> directory.  I am at a loss as to where I went wrong, any help would
> be great.
> 
> small cut of the smb.conf definitions.  but the are all setup the
> same.
> 
> #
> # defined shares for users
> #
> 
> [acctcui]
> 
>          path = /cui/acct
>          comment = Accounting data
>          admin users = jlowry 'domain admins'
>          valid users = jessica janet lynne
>          read list = lynne janet jessica
>          write list = lynne janet jessica
>          writable = yes
>          browsable = yes
> 
> [tradecui]
> 
>          path = /cui/trade
>          comment = Trade Compliance data
>          admin users = jlowry 'domain admins'
>          valid users = sharon tom janet lynne
>          read list = lynne janet sharon tom
>          write list = lynne janet sharon tom
>          writable = yes
>          browsable = yes
> 
> [sales]
>          path = /cui/admin/sales
>          comment = Admin access for sales
>          admin users = jlowry 'domain admins'
>          valid users = tiana bob carol jessica janet lynne biet
> cynthia jill patty sharon wendy davidq
>          read list = @salesread
>          write list = @salesrw
>          writable = yes
>          browsable = yes
> 
> 
> windows shares:
> 
> example of permissions
> 
> thanks,
> 

I am sorry, but there isn't enough information provided:
What version of Samba ?
What is in the [global] portion of smb.conf

Rowland