I think I might have worked out the grouping problem locally by simply adding (manually) the names of members of B to /etc/group, and changing the directory ownership to the corresponding groups. Its a strange situation as there are users in /etc/group that are not present in /etc/passwd (they are Windows AD authenticated).
However, a few irritants remain. 1. When I try to use: valid users = @localgroupname it does not permit mounting of the shares (though ssh logins work fine). I have to use valid users = %U to get past that. Is there some way I could enter the group membership to smb.conf ? 2. Regarding C. D and E, I have done something similar, and added valid users = @localCgroupname etc. to the shares definition. However, when I use a smb login from a Mac client, I see only the home directory mounted and not the second share that the user is a member of (this user is a member of B and C). Any suggestions are welcome. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba