[Tfug] samba & shared directories

[Anthony Steckman]

Okay.

Crazy, untested idea #2:

Assuming foonly and hart are actual declared members of a group called 
lab, "force group = %G" might work.

I found a sample smb.conf online where "force group = groupname" was 
commented out and replaced with the suggested declaration. Another 
resource defines %G as "Primary group of %U" where %U is the "Username 
the client requested at session setup".


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

. Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 08:27:50 -0700 (MST)
. Subject: Re: [Tfug] samba & shared directories
. From: Sam Hart <hart@physics.arizona.edu>
. Reply-To: tfug@tfug.org
. To: tfug@tfug.org
. 
. Just did, and I still get the same results.
. 
. > 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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