I've tried looking on this forum for my particular question and if I did miss a thread on this then please point me to it . Sorry. Anyhow, my problem is this:

1. Linux server running Samba and exporting a share (chmod 777)
2. Windows workstation accessing the share using account 'blah'

Since the share being exported has 777 permissions on it, anyone can write to it. What I need is for the local account on the windows side (account blah) be the ONLY one to write to this share. I could use smbpasswd and create a username/password to access this share but the user doesn't want that. The user just wants to log in as user 'blah' and have write access to this samba share. Oh, this windows workstation is not on any sort of domain.

I was thinking, is this possible:

1. Create a username on linux with UID of 2000
2. Change SID of account 'blah' on windows to match UID on linux

Any ideas? I'm a bit stumped on this one. Thanks for any suggestions.

-twantrd

I'm not sure I understand. Could you not just create account "blah" on the Linux box and chmod 770 after chown'ing to blah? SAMBA takes care of the SID to UID mapping. Is your Win network a Domain?

I don't think the manipulation of SIDs are necessary? Or is this a problem because SAMBA is running as a Workgroup? My SAMBA install is running as a PDC, so excuse my unfamiliarity.

No, the windows machine is not on a domain. Even if you make the username to be the same as windows, it still doesn't work. There has to be a UID mapping that takes place and that's the piece that I don't know how to do without a domain.

When I try to access the share, a username/password prompt comes up and that's not what I want. Thanks.

-twantrd

Okay. Could you please cut and paste your smb.conf.

Sorry for the delay, I had a wedding to attend.