Hi

my team is working on network thier termial is windows and my server is linux centos

we work on simple network with out domain

1. my user works on files on the server, can I deman ser name and passwork when they try to change to the shared files on the server
   
2. and can i monitor which user chaned a file
3. I have css developer and he is only allowed to create and modify css files can i do this ?

is this action possible or not
regards

Use samba which will create a Windows share on your Linux system. Then:
1 - make the users log in with a user name and password to mount the samba volume.
2 - Samba uses Linux permissions. The user will log on with a Windows user and password.
3 - This can be more difficult. Linux does not support file types by extension. The easiest way to achieve this would be to restrict the user to a particular directory.

Here (link) is a document that I found that provides a good explanation of samba permissions.

hi

I am ot very expert with samba but can I restriect access with username& password i give them
not by thier windows user name and passwords because most of my temis working with thier own laptops.

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hi

I am ot very expert with samba but can I restriect access with username& password i give them
not by thier windows user name and passwords because most of my temis working with thier own laptops.

Assuming your using samba, in the basic (easy to create) configuration samba user names and passwords are distinct from the Linux passwords. You will create a samba share password in much the same way as you create a standard user password, using the smbpasswd command, which takes a user name and prompts you for the password.

Samba, by the way is the tool that will let you bridge Linux and windows networks by bringing Windows networking protocols to Linux (of course Windows won't support Linux protocols). I don't know of any way without it to do what you require. However, a basic samba share is very easy to set up. Samba almost works right from the default install. The only thing you really need to do is add a small stanza to the configuration file to tell it about your workgroup and point it to your windows machine. There are even sample stanzas in the configuration to show you what to change.