Setting up Samba
 

Help Please
i got the samba config file setup
but i cant figure out how to add users
groups
and give access

this is what i want to do i have these folders

[admin]
comment = admin Share
path = /usr/parks/admin
valid users = @adminshare
public = no
writable = yes
printable = no
browseable = yes

[design]
comment = Design Share
path = /usr/parks/design
valid users = @designshare
public = no
writable = yes
printable = no
browseable = yes


[forestry]
comment = Forestry Share
path = /usr/parks/forestry
valid users = @forestryshare
public = no
writable = yes
printable = no
browseable = yes

[programs]
comment = Programs Share
path = /usr/parks/programs
valid users = @programsshare
public = no
writable = yes
printable = no
browseable = yes


so thats the basis of my config i need to add these groups
adminshare forestryshare designshare programsshare
and then these users
douglas
alice
mhenry
tom
bob
dan

and douglad alice bob need to be in the admin share and forestryshare

mhenry tom need to be in the designshare and programshare

and the rest need to be in designshare

help
i need to know how to add thees users

do i add them in ussermanager or in samba and if in samba how or in both ?
help please

Hi

You have to create the users and groups under your linux system (depends by your distro). Then add the users to samba, like below:


/usr/bin/smbpasswd -a douglas


use the option -a for adding users, -x for deleting, -e enabling, -d disabling samba users.

Then you should assign the appropriate groups (adminshare, forestryshare,...) to the (linux) users (again depending on your distro) and then you have to set the appropriate permissions to the directories (/usr/parks/admin/,...).


PS:
Adding (linux) users by hand, you may use: /usr/sbin/useradd
and for a (linux) group: /usr/sbin/groupadd.
To assign (linux) users to (linux) groups, simply edit /etc/group

example entries in /etc/groups will look like:
adminshare:*:<gid>:douglas,alice,bob
forestryshare:*:<gid>:douglas,alice,bob

What a wonderfully concise thread! I was trying to get my samba up and running on a slack 9.1 install, found this thread throgh google, followed the smb.conf suggestions in first thread, added user according to second thread, spun up a little smbd and voila! You can't buy help this good!

For those trying to get samba running on a slackware machine, remember to 'chmod 755 /etc/rc.d/rc.samba' so that it starts on a reboot! Good stuff!

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