> > On Wed, 2005-07-20 at 14:12 -0400, Tim Holmes wrote: > > Thanks to the great help here and on the SAMBA List, I have gotten samba > > to work correctly to do what I need it to, allowing my windows AD users > > to access shares on the samba box without having to either create a > > local (samba / linux) user or manually authenticate on the share. > > This is GREAT NEWS > > > > Now, > > > > I have hit what I am sure is a linux permissions problem: > > > > When my user (timholmes) clicks on the samba server in the My Network > > Places window, I see the shares, In this case webroot, homes and > > timholmes > > > > If I enter the timholmes share, it routes me to the directory where the > > home folders are supposed to be located, and showes me the one that is > > there, in this case it is a local linux user, but I cannot create a new > > folder for myself or anything -- is that a process that must be done > > manually, and if so, to what values do I set the owner, group and > > permissions? > > The /home directory is writable only by root. If you want a unique home > directory for users, create the user under linux. Can have shared space > that is open to guest users, but [homes] shouldn't be expected to work > that way. [Tim Holmes] To do this, would I create them with the same name as the windows user, and specify no login? Or how would I set that up -- what I don't want to get into is having to get them to tell me their password and manually enter it in Linux
