Thanks Ryan, NOTE: Question at bottom. :)
I guess I need to review the Samba documentation better. I was using the examples provided in smb.conf and thought that "Browsible" meant that people other than "Valid Users" could see the stuff inside a share. For example, My "Home" directory comes up as a share in Network Neighborhood but it also has browsable=no which is confusing: [homes] comment = Home valid users = %S read only = no browsable = no I'm not disagreeing with you, just pointing out how I was confused. I will read through the documentation again on shares to ensure I am setting them up correctly. QUESTION: Simply using preexec to mount a drive prior to showing the contents doesn't sound like it'll be a robust enough solution when you have multiple people hitting the same share. Is it common practice to point pre and postexec to a script that determines whether a mount has already been mounted? Does anyone have any examples of a script that does this? I am learning Python and have no problems attempting to write this myself as it seems fairly straight forward. I guess my question is more "Is this the best approach?" -Jesse On Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 7:23 PM, Ryan Bair <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry, meant to reply all on that. > > On Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 10:22 PM, Ryan Bair <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > By showing up I assume you mean showing up in the listing of shares > > for the computer? > > > > The "browsable = no" would be your problem. It makes the share not > > browsable. :-) > > > > --Ryan > > > > On Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 6:50 PM, Jesse Stone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> I apologize if this is a really silly question but I've been messing > with > >> this for awhile now and cannot see any typos that would prevent these > shares > >> from showing up. > >> > >> I'm trying two things I've never done before so I want to make sure to > point > >> them out: > >> > >> 1) I am using groups in the "valid users" section > >> 2) I am using preexec and postexec on each share > >> > >> Example: > >> > >> [Media] > >> comment = Media(Non-kid)! > >> path = /mnt/media1 > >> read only = yes > >> browsable = no > >> valid users = @mediausers > >> preexec = /bin/mount /mnt/media1 > >> postexec = /bin/umount /mnt/media1 > >> > >> I've done nothing with the /mnt/media1 folder so I expect my next issue > will > >> be permissiones related but I would expect the shares to at least show > up > >> for all users within the @mediausers group. > >> > >> I'm using preexec ect from the cd-rom example contained within the > default > >> smb.conf file. > >> > >> -Jesse > >> -- > >> To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > >> instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba > >> > > > -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba