> Hi all, a simple question I think... > > I've started getting a basic idea of what I need to do to set up file > permissions and groups, ie. editing /etc/samba/smb.conf, service smb > restart, etc. I know when adding a user, I need to add it not only through > the front-end but also through the UNIX side via smbpasswd and the like. > > Now, I've run across a problem. I have set up a public folder 'backup'. > Within each, I have created a folder for each user to put whatever files > they want to backup - I want to lock access to THAT USER only. I currently > have it set up where the file owner is 'root' and the file group as that > owner (ie. 'joe'). Mode is 770. > > I'm denied access to everyone's folders, including my own! What am I > missing? > > Thanks, > Eve
I do something similar in our office. I created individual shares for each user and used host allow mapped to their IP to only allow that particular machine access to the share, and turn browseable set to no, so the share doesn't show up in a windows network. michael anaya - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
