while i have been using samba i have noticed that the outrageous ides seem to work.

I have samba all setup and working with all the write permissions for users on the shares, but this is only on windows.

In linux u can access the shares, but when i allow write acces for the user it doesn't want any of it. BUT if im root i have full write privileges. I do have a smb account called root, but i haven't told samba to allow writing on this partition.

Has any one ells come across this??????
Does any one know how to overcome this problem????


My smb.conf
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[global]

workgroup = SXPB
server string = Samba Server
log file = /var/log/samba.%m
max log size = 50
security = exio nick paul
encrypt passwords = yes
ssl CA certDir = /etc/ssl/certs
socket options = TCP_NODELAY
smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd

[data]
comment = Nick's Service
path = /data/nick
public = no
writable = no
write list = exio nick

[PJ]
comment = Pauls files
path = /data/paul
public = yes
writable = no
write list = paul exio nick

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Also, if i want write access at all for any share i have to enter the user after ;

security =

and as root is not after this its makes it even more mind boglin...

I do not have my man pages with me right now and am not sure how the write list parameter works with writeable = no on a share. I do know that paul exio nick is not a valid security setting. If you are setting up unix accounts with password validation it should be securtiy = user. I do not know if those are hosts or users? The easiest way to deny writing to directories is to set up unix level group permissions on you share directories. Set paul exio nick as members of a group and make PJ writeable only by them (ie chmod 770 /data/paul).

Tom

Hi Exio

You misunderstand the setting "security = user" This setting is a global setting that can be either : "security = share" "security = user" "security = server" "security = domain" or "security = ads" (only on samba 3.0 or newer). You are not meant to put usernames here!! Just set it exacyly like this : "security = user" then samba will check the credentials and permissions of the user trying to connect.

good luck

Hamsjael

OMG lol, i am rather stupid, i muct have been going though a thick syage but it would take a while to explain y i came to thinking this was needed.

Have you any idea y i dont have write privalages in linux unlees im root...

Manny thanks

Nick