On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 02:27:51PM -0500, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > Chris G wrote: >> On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 11:01:02AM -0700, Craig White wrote: >>> samba by default uses >>> >>> security = user >>> >>> which by current Windows standards means that a workstation can connect >>> to this particular server with only 1 identity. Thus if you are already >>> connected to a share as DOMAIN|WORKGROUP\foo, you cannot connect to a >>> different share as DOMAIN|WORKGROUP\bar >>> >>> the 'security = share' concept emulates the Windows 95/98 sharing >>> concept where each share connection can be a different user but that is >>> essentially obsolete and should be avoided if possible. >>> >> Yes, I suspect that's my problem, what a pain! >> >> I seem to remember there's a way to tell samba that I want user X to >> connect to a particular share as user Y, I guess (if there is such a >> thing and my memory isn't playing tricks) that's what I'd better do. >> > You can set up a share to always use a specific Linux User/Group by using > the "force user" and "force group" options. > That's what I was recalling I think, thanks. "force user" will suit me fine. -- Chris Green
