Hey Everyone,

I know this is quite a popular topic, but I did do some research before posting here.

Now.. I've install Samba on a Debian computer which I plan on using as a fileserver. What I'm planning on doing is to have 3 accounts. Tim, Dave, and Eric. Each have a their own folder which is only readable and writeable by them. There will be a public folder as well which is readable and writeable by everyone. Everyone is running a XP OS, so it needs to be accessible from XP. If anyone knows of sample smb.conf or knows what I need, I'd appreciate it.

Thanks,
Tim

Assuming you're using workgroup, not a domain, all you need to do is set up user level security and then include a share section and a home section. The home directory for their Linux account will be their private share. At it's simplest you could use:

[global]
workgroup = WORKGROUPNAME
server string = Samba Server
security = user
encrypt passwords = yes

[homes]
comment = Home Directories
browseable = no
read only = no
case sensitive = no
msdfs proxy = no

[share]
case sensitive = no
msdfs proxy = no
guest ok = no (or yes as desired)
path = /share/