turns out the password prompt i was getting was due to the fact that my win98 box was sending encrypted password info, while samba was expecting unencrypted. the only problem i have now, is that my home dir (/home/gabriel) is appearing as to shares (homes and gabriel).
now my smb.conf looks like this: [global] security = user workgroup = workgroup encrypt passwords = yes smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd [homes] guest ok = no read only = no create mask = 0700 directory mask = 0700 locking = no browseable = yes public = yes [web] path = /home/hephaestus valid users = @hephaestus force group = hephaestus comment = welcome to hephaestus browseable = yes public = yes writeable = yes printable = no force create mode = 0664 force directory mode = 0775 inherit permissions = yes ----- Original Message ----- > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > >my dilemma is pretty simple: > > > >/home/site0/ > >/home/site1/ > >/home/site2/ > >... > >all different users on the system > >all different sites > > > >if i can't have windows access them each individually > >with each one authenticating with a username/pass > > If each site has multiple users, then Samba's built-in [homes] share will > not work for you. You will need to setup "security = user" and an > smbpasswd file for encrypted passwords. > > Each directory will have to have it's permissions and ownership set to > allow the proper access. I would add each user to a group created for > their site in /etc/groups: > > site0:x:101:user1,user2,user3 > site1:x:102:user4,user5,user6 > site2:x:103:user7,user8,user9 > > > Then set the directory permissions and ownership: > > > cd /home > chown root.site0 site0 (owned by root & accessible to group) > chmod ug+rwx site0 (root & group have read/write) > chmod g+s site0 (group ownsership is inherited by subdirs) > chmod o+rx site0 (world readable) > > > Then in smb.conf, make the shares look like this: > > [site0] > # Per-site settings > path = /home/site0 > valid users = @site0 > force group = site0 > > # Generic settings > comment = Your Web pages > browseable = no > public = no > writeable = yes > printable = no > force create mode = 0664 > force directory mode = 0775 > inherit permissions = yes > > > [site1] > copy = site0 > path = /home/site1 > valid users = @site1 > force group = site1 > > > [site2] > copy = site0 > path = /home/site2 > valid users = @site2 > force group = site2 > > > > Tony _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
