view home directory through samba on winxp

jsmarshall85 · 10-07-2004, 12:39 PM

i have samba setup and working on my debian system and can browse to the share i have setup. i have also setup other users to be able to browse to it also. i want to be able to map a drive on XP to my home directory on my debian box without others seeing it. here is my smb.conf file. can anyone see what is wrong or how do i set up my home directory to be seen by me only.

thanks

Code:

#======================= Share Definitions =======================

;[homes]
;comment = Home Directories
;browseable = yes

create mask = 0777
writable = yes
directory mask = 0777

;[netlogon]
;   comment = Network Logon Service
;   path = /home/samba/netlogon
;   guest ok = yes
;   writable = no
;   share modes = no

[share]
comment = Jango's Linux Share
path = /share
read only = no
guest ok = no
browseable = yes
writable = yes
create mask = 0777
directory mask = 0777

[jango]
comment = Jango's Home Share
path = /home/jango
read only = no
guest ok = no
browseable = no
writable = yes
create mask = 0777
directory mask = 0777
case sensitive = no

Mathieu · 10-07-2004, 12:55 PM

Use the valid users option. For example:

Code:

[jango]
comment = Jango's Home Share
path = /home/jango
valid users = jango
read only = no
guest ok = no
browseable = no
writable = yes
create mask = 0777
directory mask = 0777
case sensitive = no

Also, in order to share all home directories, the best way is to use the default [homes] share.
Note the valid users = %S line.

Code:

[homes]
comment = Home Directories
browseable = no
valid users = %S
writable = yes
create mask = 0770
directory mask = 0770

jsmarshall85 · 10-07-2004, 01:19 PM

tried the valid user = line, same thing

what does the %S do? i added it and now the other person i allow to see the /share directory cant see it but he can still see my home directory

Mathieu · 10-07-2004, 01:50 PM

Can you post your new smb.conf ?
If you are using the [homes] share, make sure you un-commnet it (;).

The %S is the current share's name variable.

jsmarshall85 · 10-07-2004, 02:37 PM

ok, i did a little tweaking so it might not look like i had it before, but same results. i have two samba users on my linux box and both users can see the /share and /home/jango directories from their windows xp boxes. i want one user to see only /share and the other user (me) to see /share and /home/jango. the users names on linux match their winxp account names on the domain.

here is my smb.conf

Code:

#======================= Global Settings =======================

[global]

## Browsing/Identification ###

netbios name = kamino
workgroup = corp
server string = %h server (Samba %v)
;   wins support = no
;   wins server = w.x.y.z
include = /etc/samba/dhcp.conf
dns proxy = no
;   name resolve order = lmhosts host wins bcast

#### Debugging/Accounting ####

log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
max log size = 1000
syslog = 0
panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d
username = nbk1w4a
encrypt passwords = true
passdb backend = tdbsam guest
obey pam restrictions = yes
invalid users = root
passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
passwd chat = *Enter\snew\sUNIX\spassword:* %n\n *Retype\snew\sUNIX\spassword:* %n\n .

######## File sharing ########

# Name mangling options
;   preserve case = yes
;   short preserve case = yes

############ Misc ############


;   include = /home/samba/etc/smb.conf.%m

# Most people will find that this option gives better performance.
# See smb.conf(5) and /usr/share/doc/samba-doc/htmldocs/speed.html
# for details
# You may want to add the following on a Linux system:
#         SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
socket options = TCP_NODELAY


#======================= Share Definitions =======================

;[homes]
;comment = Home Directories
;browseable = no
;valid users = %S
;read only = no
;create mask = 0777
;directory mask = 0777

[share]
comment = Jango's Linux Share
path = /share
read only = no
guest ok = no
browseable = yes
writable = yes
create mask = 0777
directory mask = 0777

[jango]
comment = Jango's Home Share
path = /home/jango/
;vaid users = @jango
browseable = no
case sensitive = no
msdfs proxy = no
read only = yes