Re: [Samba] Working simultaneously with the same user account
On 01-03-11 16:06, Chris Weiss wrote: having separate usernames and password per share is never simple, SMB wasn't designed to work like that. the simple way is to make user groups for shares and add the users accounts to the groups they need access to. This is far simpler as when you need to take a users rights away from a share due to job position changes you just remove them from the group instead of making everyone else remember a new password. Thanks all for the help. I've setup a simple single share with one user, which works fine. I'll try a more complex configuration using groups and multiple users/shares next. From what I've seen this should work without any problems. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
Re: [Samba] Working simultaneously with the same user account
On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 9:37 PM, Gaiseric Vandal gaiseric.van...@gmail.com wrote: Are users logging into the PC with this one account? Or are they logging into PC's with unique accounts? Are they accessing other shares besides this one? If this is the only share, it shouldn't be a problem (technically.) Users are logging into the pc with unique accounts. I would like to have them access other shares as well. The idea is to have a simple setup with a standard username and password for shares. Here's a more complete example: Greate folders === mkdir /media/test chmod -R 770 /media/test chmod g+s /media/test chown -R root:users /media/test mkdir /media/samba chmod -R 770 /media/samba chmod g+s /media/samba groupadd office chown -R root:office /media/samba Add users smbpasswd -a user smbpasswd -a user2 Add users to relevant groups gpasswd -a user users gpasswd -a user2 office Create /etc/samba/smb.conf == [global] workgroup = WORKGROUP netbios name = TESTSERVER security = user [test] path = /media/test read only = No store dos attributes = yes inherit permissions = yes [samba] path = /media/samba read only = No store dos attributes = yes inherit permissions = yes -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
Re: [Samba] Working simultaneously with the same user account
Are you using a domain (PC's are in the domain and user accounts are in the domain not on each PC) or a workgroup (each user account is defined on his or her own PC.)If the PC's are domain members then you should just be able to have all the users in a group and the group has access to that common share. If the PC's are in a workgroup, the user can map a drive letter to each share- this can be a persistent drive mapping that stores the credentials. However, my experience has been that you can not connect to two different shares on one server, each with a different credentials. At least this is the case when connecting from an XP Pro client. E.g. net use x: \\server1\share1 /user:jsmith (that will work) net use y: \\server1\share2 /user:rsmith (that will fail with a warning that you are already connected to the server with different credentials.) On 03/01/2011 03:09 AM, Aniruddha wrote: On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 9:37 PM, Gaiseric Vandal gaiseric.van...@gmail.com wrote: Are users logging into the PC with this one account? Or are they logging into PC's with unique accounts? Are they accessing other shares besides this one? If this is the only share, it shouldn't be a problem (technically.) Users are logging into the pc with unique accounts. I would like to have them access other shares as well. The idea is to have a simple setup with a standard username and password for shares. Here's a more complete example: Greate folders === mkdir /media/test chmod -R 770 /media/test chmod g+s /media/test chown -R root:users /media/test mkdir /media/samba chmod -R 770 /media/samba chmod g+s /media/samba groupadd office chown -R root:office /media/samba Add users smbpasswd -a user smbpasswd -a user2 Add users to relevant groups gpasswd -a user users gpasswd -a user2 office Create /etc/samba/smb.conf == [global] workgroup = WORKGROUP netbios name = TESTSERVER security = user [test] path = /media/test read only = No store dos attributes = yes inherit permissions = yes [samba] path = /media/samba read only = No store dos attributes = yes inherit permissions = yes -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
Re: [Samba] Working simultaneously with the same user account
However, my experience has been that you can not connect to two different shares on one server, each with a different credentials. At least this is the case when connecting from an XP Pro client. E.g. net use x: \\server1\share1 /user:jsmith (that will work) net use y: \\server1\share2 /user:rsmith (that will fail with a warning that you are already connected to the server with different credentials.) This is the case with all windows NT versions that I know of. You can not login to the same server with different credentials. There are ways around this. I believe if you do the second mount by ipaddress or use an alias in samba the client will allow the second (or more with more aliases) set of credentials to connect to your samba server. John -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
Re: [Samba] Working simultaneously with the same user account
On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 2:09 AM, Aniruddha mailingdotl...@gmail.com wrote: Users are logging into the pc with unique accounts. I would like to have them access other shares as well. The idea is to have a simple setup with a standard username and password for shares. Here's a more complete example: having separate usernames and password per share is never simple, SMB wasn't designed to work like that. the simple way is to make user groups for shares and add the users accounts to the groups they need access to. This is far simpler as when you need to take a users rights away from a share due to job position changes you just remove them from the group instead of making everyone else remember a new password. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
[Samba] Working simultaneously with the same user account
I would like to authenticate several desktops with the samba server using the same user name and password. Is it possible for 5 desktops to work simultaneously using the same user name and password in the same share on the samba server? Are there any downsides or possible problems with this approach? Permissions are inheritable and based on groups: # mkdir /media/test # chmod -R 770 /media/test # chmod g+s /media/test # chown -R root:users /media/test # cat /etc/samba/smb.conf [global] workgroup = WORKGROUP netbios name = TESTSERVER security = user [test] path = /media/test read only = No store dos attributes = yes inherit permissions = yes -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
Re: [Samba] Working simultaneously with the same user account
Are users logging into the PC with this one account? Or are they logging into PC's with unique accounts? Are they accessing other shares besides this one? If this is the only share, it shouldn't be a problem (technically.) On 02/28/2011 11:40 AM, Aniruddha wrote: I would like to authenticate several desktops with the samba server using the same user name and password. Is it possible for 5 desktops to work simultaneously using the same user name and password in the same share on the samba server? Are there any downsides or possible problems with this approach? Permissions are inheritable and based on groups: # mkdir /media/test # chmod -R 770 /media/test # chmod g+s /media/test # chown -R root:users /media/test # cat /etc/samba/smb.conf [global] workgroup = WORKGROUP netbios name = TESTSERVER security = user [test] path = /media/test read only = No store dos attributes = yes inherit permissions = yes -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
