Hello,

I am newish to linux and have setup an Ubuntu Server 7.10. I am trying to setup samba file sharing and can't find info on how to make public and private shares. I am running a workgroup with 2 users and need a public area we can both access as well as a private area accessible only to each of the users respectively. Any ideas?

Here is my smb.conf -

[global]
workgroup = WORKGROUP
server string = ubuntuserver
log file = /var/log/log.%m
max log size = 50
security = user
encrypt passwords = yes
socket options = TCP_NODELAY
preferred master = yes

[homes]
comment = Home Directories
browseable = no
writeable = yes

[public]
comment = Public
path = /usr/smbroot/public
public = no
writeable = yes
write list = @public
directory mask = 0770
create mask = 0770

[private]
comment = Private
path = /usr/smbroot/private
public = no
writeable = yes
valid users = @private
write list = @private
directory mask = 0770
create mask = 0770

Without going too deep into this, your public section should either be set to public = yes, or the valid users should be the list of the approved users for that public space.

Thank you, I have figured it out.

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