Hi

Can you please assist me on this matter. I have created a samba share for windows guys to be able to load they software. I have updated the smb.conf. I have created a user "user1" and the password. with the user i have created i can access the folder /home/software using the ip address on windows. the problem is when i add other users they can see the folder but they cant access the contacts of that folder.

You didn't mention which OS are you using? And can you show us your configuration file, let us see what you have configured?

Centos 5.8
# ----------------------- Network Related Options -------------------------
#
# workgroup = NT-Domain-Name or Workgroup-Name, eg: MIDEARTH
#
# server string is the equivalent of the NT Description field
#
# netbios name can be used to specify a server name not tied to the hostname
#
# Interfaces lets you configure Samba to use multiple interfaces
# If you have multiple network interfaces then you can list the ones
# you want to listen on (never omit localhost)
#
# Hosts Allow/Hosts Deny lets you restrict who can connect, and you can
# specifiy it as a per share option as well
#
workgroup = WORKGROUP
server string = Samba Server Version %v

; netbios name = MYSERVER

; interfaces = lo eth0 192.168.12.2/24 192.168.13.2/24
; hosts allow = 127. 192.168.12. 192.168.13.

# --------------------------- Logging Options -----------------------------
# ---------------------------Share Definitions ------------------------------
# A publicly accessible directory, but read only, except for people in
# the "staff" group
; [public]
; comment = Public Stuff
; path = /home/samba
; public = yes
; writable = yes
; printable = no
; write list = +staff

[software]
path = /home/software
writable = yes
create mode = 0770
directory mode = 0770
share modes = yes
guest ok = no
valid users = @software

i have also added the users on the /etc/group
goofy:x:500:
lenovo:x:501:
software:x:502:lenovo,Thami,Modise,nkagisang,robbie,reshen,nowellin,clinton,suvan,toka,tinyiko,roy
Thami:x:503:
Modise:x:504:
nkagisang:x:505:
robbie:x:506:
reshen:x:507:
nowellin:x:508:
clinton:x:509:
suvan:x:510:
toka:x:511:
tinyiko:x:512:
roy:x:513:

You don't have the right permissions maybe ?
like :
directory mode = 0770 --> 775

Lithos still having the same issue even thou i have changed the permissions directory mode = 0770 --> 775

can you please explain what does "they can see the folder, but cannot access the content" exactly mean?
Probably they can see only the name of the share but cannot log in. You can try to increase log level and see the log files.

the path is like this /home/software/software--->> microsoft office 2000,xp,2003,2007,2010.
they can only go up to this folder /home/software when they try to access /software access denied.

so check the logs and permissions on those directories/files (I mean the real dirs and files, not the samba permissions)







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this is how it looks
/home
drwx------ 2 clinton clinton 4096 Jun 14 08:56 clinton
drwx------ 15 goofy goofy 4096 Jun 13 11:58 goofy
drwx------ 2 lenovo lenovo 4096 Jun 13 12:41 lenovo
drwx------ 2 root root 16384 Jun 13 13:25 lost+found
drwx------ 2 Modise Modise 4096 Jun 14 08:55 Modise
drwx------ 2 nkagisang nkagisang 4096 Jun 14 08:55 nkagisang
drwx------ 2 nowellin nowellin 4096 Jun 14 08:55 nowellin
drwx------ 2 reshen reshen 4096 Jun 14 08:55 reshen
drwx------ 2 robbie robbie 4096 Jun 14 08:55 robbie
drwx------ 2 roy roy 4096 Jun 14 08:56 roy
drwxrwx--- 7 root software 4096 Jun 13 17:47 software
drwx------ 2 suvan suvan 4096 Jun 14 08:56 suvan
drwx------ 2 Thami Thami 4096 Jun 14 08:55 Thami
drwx------ 2 tinyiko tinyiko 4096 Jun 14 08:56 tinyiko
drwx------ 2 toka toka 4096 Jun 14 08:56 toka

/home/software
drwxrwx--- 38 lenovo lenovo 4096 Jun 13 19:36 Drivers
drwxrwx--- 2 lenovo lenovo 4096 Jun 13 13:41 Microsoft Dec 2010 Patches
drwxrwx--- 15 lenovo lenovo 4096 Jun 13 13:53 Service-Packs
drwxrwx--- 161 lenovo lenovo 4096 Jun 13 17:46 Software
drwxrwx--- 2 lenovo lenovo 4096 Jun 13 17:47 win 7

so the directory /home/software is only readable for the user lenovo and group lenovo. The samba users belong to the group software and it has no any right on this directory. So either you change the ownership of this dir (to lenovo:software) or add read/write/execute permissions to other.




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@pan64

thanks bro its working now. all i did was to grant rwx to the Software directory and the few desktop techis can access all those folders.

thanks bro.

But play safe with giving permissions to others also. You are giving full access to others also. If you require you can limit the access of those directories by setting the permissions accordingly.
Good Luck!