[Samba] how to rename/label network drives
Hello -- I am running samba 3.0.20b as PDC. The clients are running Windows XP SP2. I have a question about how to rename/label the network drive on the clients. It appears when users login, Windows OS automatically names the mapped drives shown in Windows explorer as sharename server name (drive letter), such as public on 'Samba 3.0.21b (pdc.example.com)' (P:). The user could rename it manually via right click on the drive and choose rename option. I wonder if it is possible for Samba system administrtors to rename/label it such that when users log onto their account, the drive(s) have desired label/name. BTW, I tried DOS command label P:myname. It gave me error message like Parameters are not compatible. Thanks, --Ling - Bring words and photos together (easily) with PhotoMail - it's free and works with your Yahoo! Mail. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
[Samba] file mode creation at a directory level
Hello -- I am creating a share directory on a samba server for a group of users. I would like to make sure: 1. Only the members in that group can create files and subfolders on that directory 2. Other people cannot have any access to the files/subfolers. 3. The members can have full access to files/directories other members create. The above requirements seem simple, however, my problem is, because the share directory is neither under any of the members' home directory nor a seperate partition, and the system umask is set to 022, which is not supposed to be changed, whenever a new file is created, it automatically has permission as -rwxr--r--, not -rwxrwx--- that I desire. I guess my problem is related to how to file mode creation at a directory level. The samba version I am running is 3.0.20b and the OS is Solaris/x86. Thanks, --Lingtao - Yahoo! Music Unlimited - Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
Re: [Samba] file mode creation at a directory level
Josh Kelley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 11/29/05, Taolizhong wrote: The above requirements seem simple, however, my problem is, because the share directory is neither under any of the members' home directory nor a seperate partition, and the system umask is set to 022, which is not supposed to be changed, whenever a new file is created, it automatically has permission as -rwxr--r--, not -rwxrwx--- that I desire. I guess my problem is related to how to file mode creation at a directory level. force create mode = 0770 Thanks a lot, Josh. The force create mode solves the problem partially --- now the group members have full access to the files. However, for some unknow reason, the permission for other doesn't work. They still have read access. In addition, it doesn't work on subfolders either. Please see the following: bash-2.05# ls -ld share/ drwsrws--x 3 tech group1 512 Nov 29 13:50 share/ bash-2.05# cd share/ bash-2.05# ls -l total 2 drwxr-sr-x 2 guest01 group1 512 Nov 29 13:51 a -rwxrwxr-- 1 guest01 group1 0 Nov 29 13:49 test.txt Any further sugestions? Thanks, --Lingtao - Yahoo! Music Unlimited - Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
Re: [Samba] file mode creation at a directory level
Josh Kelley wrote: On 11/29/05, Taolizhong wrote: The above requirements seem simple, however, my problem is, because the share directory is neither under any of the members' home directory nor a seperate partition, and the system umask is set to 022, which is not supposed to be changed, whenever a new file is created, it automatically has permission as -rwxr--r--, not -rwxrwx--- that I desire. I guess my problem is related to how to file mode creation at a directory level. force create mode = 0770 Thanks a lot, Josh. The force create mode solves the problem partially --- now the group members have full access to the files. However, for some unknow reason, the permission for other doesn't work. They still have read access. In addition, it doesn't work on subfolders either. Please see the following: bash-2.05# ls -ld share/ drwsrws--x 3 tech group1 512 Nov 29 13:50 share/ bash-2.05# cd share/ bash-2.05# ls -l total 2 drwxr-sr-x 2 guest01 group1 512 Nov 29 13:51 a -rwxrwxr-- 1 guest01 group1 0 Nov 29 13:49 test.txt Any further sugestions? Thanks, --Lingtao - Yahoo! Music Unlimited - Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba I think I figured out the answer: create mask = 0770 force create mode = 0770 directory mask = 0770 force directory mode = 0770 Thanks, --Lingtao - Yahoo! Music Unlimited - Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
[Samba] Creating domain list takes too long
Hello -- We have a LAN that consists of a samba domain controller and a bunch of PCs. The samba version is 3.0.20b and the PCs are running Windows XP (sp2). The Windows clients can join the domain without any problem, however, a message saying Please wait while the domain list is created shows up right after the first time after the clients join the domain and reboot. This procedure of creating the domain list takes a very very long time. I wonder if there is a way to reduce it. Thanks, --Lingtao - Yahoo! Music Unlimited - Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
[Samba] VLAN issue
Hi -- The environment we have is as follows, Domain controller: samba 3.0.14a running Solaris 9/X86 Authentication: openldap 2.2.14 Clients: Windows XP with SP2 The issue I met: If both clients and Samba server are on the same physical switch (also same subnet), the clients can join the domain and users can log into their domain accounts without any problem. However, if the clients and the Samba server are networked via VLAN (not on the same switch but still virtually on the same subnet), the clients still can join the domain, but, after the clients are rebooted, users are greeted with message: Please wait while the domain list is created for about 5 minutes and then generate the following message: The remote procedure call failed and did not execute when the users try to login to their domain account. It seems to me the issue came from the VLAN. I am wondering what configuration change I should request the person who is in charge of VLAN make to fix the problem. Or, any other ways I can do on the samba server side to walk around this issue? Thanks --Lingtao - Yahoo! for Good Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
[Samba] network drive display
Hello -- I am running a samba PDC server (samba 3.0.14a). Windows XP clients can join the domain successfully. The network drive shows on clients' my computer' as UserName on 'Samba 3.0.14a (ServerName)' (Z:). I would like to have it shown just simply as Z: . How can I do this? Thanks, --Taolizhong - Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
Re: [Samba] migrate existing Unix password to sambapassword
Our existing Unix system has more than 500 users. The system currently uses OpenLDAP to authenticate users. We just added dozens of PCs running Windows to the network. We are going to set up the existing Unix server as a samba PDC server such that the users can log onto either their Unix account or Windows account. It seems a good idea to allow the users have the same password for their new Windows account as that for their existing Unix account. I wonder if there is any way to accomplish this, especially automatically. Since you are already usng OpenLDAP to authenticate your Unix users, you can also use it to authenticate your Windows users. Since they will then be authenticating from the same database, you won't have to worry about password sync. This is covered in the Samba HOWTO. Thanks,Dwight. But the password entries for the Unix account and Windows account of a user are different (userPassword, SambaNTPassword). According to Paul Gienger's reply (thx Paul too), it seems that it is impossible to populate users' SambaNTPassword with the same value of their UserPassword. Considering we have more than 500 users, I still wonder if there is a way I can populate their Samba entries automatically and quickly -- even the value of SambaPasword is set to be temporary and is different from the correpsonding userPassword. smbpasswd command seems only can be used at interactive mode. Thanks, --Lingtao Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
[Samba] migrate existing Unix password to sambapassword
Hello -- Our existing Unix system has more than 500 users. The system currently uses OpenLDAP to authenticate users. We just added dozens of PCs running Windows to the network. We are going to set up the existing Unix server as a samba PDC server such that the users can log onto either their Unix account or Windows account. It seems a good idea to allow the users have the same password for their new Windows account as that for their existing Unix account. I wonder if there is any way to accomplish this, especially automatically. Thanks, --Lingtao __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
