hi all,

I have a server running samba to share my files. I want to add another user to the server but want to give them limited access to the server shares like their home directory and 1 or 2 other folders. I know that they need to be added into groups only thing is im not to sure how to set this up..

Any ideas?

To add a user, you use the command 'smbpasswd' as root user. Here is a short description from the doc..

This will allow the root user to add a new user and create a password.

As for setting up the shares, you need entries in the /etc/smaba/smb.conf file for the directories you want to share.

Here is an example of a read only share for a music directory.

This directory I control the access, I can read and write, others can read only.

Some distros have gui tools to create the smb.conf file. I use Swat to configure most things. It is worth installing, if you have not already. It has a lot of documentation also.

Hope this helps.