[EMAIL PROTECTED]: > One of the advertised uses of the 'username map' smb.conf parameter > is: > 'to map multiple users to a single username so that they can more > easily share files.' > > This sounds great, & is what I've wanted to do more than once. > However, there is the issue of the username mapping taking place > before the authentication. This requires the individual users to give > a different password than the one that goes with their ID (& that > they are already supplying). For the stated purpose, this operation > appears to make little sense.
Garrie, Why not put the users in a group? Or (I just learned how to today on my Red Hat RHAS3 test server), far better, get ACLs working. Then you can point-'n-click a file, directory, whatever, and give or take away rights to/from single users or groups as you wish. And if it's a directory, you can have smb.conf inherit ACLs for a share, presumably (I haven't tried it yet) for all the files in that directory. I think ACLs are going to make Samba far more powerful than it was for me. --Tonni -- mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.billy.demon.nl -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba