David Frascone wrote on Tuesday 31 July 2007:
> /media (rw to me and my wife, ro for guests)
> /public (rw to me and my wife, ro for guests)
> /private (rw to me and my wife, no other access)
>
> And, normal (rw) to owners of /home/USER.
> 1) How do I implement a "guest" account? Make a third account?
Samba already knows the concept of a "guest". All you have to do is tell
samba, who guest actually is. You can do this in the [global] section
with
guest account = nobody
> 2) Is there any way to have both accounts (mine and my wife) create
> files with permissions 777 when we write to shared space, but normal
> permissions (700) when we write to our home directories?
First, the special section name [homes] will create a service for every
user pointing to the user's home directory. That is the easiest way to
make homes sharable. You access this share with \\hostname\username.
Type "man smb.conf" and look for "The [homes] section".
The [public] section might look something like this. This is a
configuration I use for my "public" share.
[public]
comment = Some public data
path = /data/public
read only = yes
guest ok = yes
write list = me wife
inherit owner = yes
create mask = 664
force create mode = 664 # change to match your need
force directory mode = 775 # change to match your need
# force group = trusted # maybe you want this
browseable = yes
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bye,
Adalbert
Why bother building any more nuclear warheads until we use the ones we
have?
