Re: [Samba] Re: force user vs read list

2004-03-12 Thread John H Terpstra
On Fri, 12 Mar 2004, Mark wrote: > "John H Terpstra" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > This is a poor solution. The 'force user' and 'force group' directives > > have serious side-effects and should be avoided if possible, > > I have a lot of shares defined with f

[Samba] Re: force user vs read list

2004-03-12 Thread Mark
"John H Terpstra" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > This is a poor solution. The 'force user' and 'force group' directives > have serious side-effects and should be avoided if possible, I have a lot of shares defined with force user and I've been experimenting with oth

[Samba] Re: force user

2002-10-06 Thread info
Jerry, Thanks for that - yes -once i removed the admin user and restarted samba it used the username in the force user field. many thanks - Original Message - From: "Gerald (Jerry) Carter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "info" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October

[Samba] Re: force user

2002-10-01 Thread Gerald (Jerry) Carter
On Tue, 1 Oct 2002, info wrote: > Yes I had the Admin useres set as well as the valid users. I had > entered a number of usernames in both. Should this make a difference? By definition, a user in the "admin users" list will operate as root. > I deleted the entries in admin users and then c

[Samba] Re: force user

2002-09-30 Thread info
Jerry, Yes I had the Admin useres set as well as the valid users. I had entered a number of usernames in both. Should this make a difference? I deleted the entries in admin users and then created a new file but the owner was still set to root.!?!? I still have the force user set to apache but