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
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
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
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
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
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
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
