[Tfug] samba & shared directories

[Anthony Steckman]

Shot in the dark:

Have you tried the group number instead of the group name?


+ I'm probably responding to some of what was said below:

. Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 13:26:54 -0700 (MST)
. Subject: [Tfug] samba & shared directories
. From: Sam Hart <hart@physics.arizona.edu>
. Reply-To: tfug@tfug.org
. To: tfug@tfug.org
. 
. (hope there's someone with more samba experience than I on this list...)
. 
. I'm trying my darnedest to set up a samba server to share some directories 
. for certain user groups. Several of the shares will be housing databases 
. (incl. MS Access) which will be accessed by several users, often at the 
. same time, and thus need to deal with both file-locking and group 
. ownership.
. 
. I have read that I need essentially the following in my smb.conf file:
. [lab]   
.         path = /usr2/lab
.         available = yes   
.         public = yes
.         guest only = no
.         writeable = yes  
.         browseable = yes
.         valid users = foonly, hart
.         only user = no
.         oplocks = No
.         level2oplocks = No
.         create mask = 770
.         directory mask = 770
.         force group = lab
. 
. with the important lines being "create mask", "directory mask" and "force 
. group".
. 
. The problem is that while the "create mask" and "directory mask" lines 
. work, the "force group" line does not, and the group "lab" is never forced 
. for new files/directories created in that share. I have tried both "= lab" 
. and "= +lab" (not really understanding the difference) and neither worked.
. 
. I've had some samba experience in the past, but it has always been 
. rudimentary (printer sharing, basic/non-readable file sharing) and trying 
. to make this stupid thing work is baffling me.
. 
. Any advice would be mucho apreciated. (oh, and before anyone askes, yes, 
. I'm SIGHUP'ing my smbd each time I change the config).
. 
. -- 
. Sam Hart
. University/Work addr. <hart@physics.arizona.edu>
. Personal addr. <criswell@geekcomix.com>
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