We found the problem... It was the fact that we had valid user =
and it needs to be valid users = then we needed to remove writeable = yes and change it to browseable = yes Thanks for the responses Jason On 12/19/07, Michael Heydon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Jason Greene wrote: > > We finally got our server to migrate to the new domain. > > > > Now when we access a share anyone can write to it. > > > > I removed the write list and valid users list and restarted samba... > anyone > > can still access and write to it. > > > > Can some one school me on samba permissions? > > > I don't want to sound like a jerk, but this is fairly clearly explained > in the man page. > > here is the share info > > > > drwxrwsrwx 10 user group 4096 Dec 19 08:16 dev > > > > [dev] > > path = /apps/dev > > create mask = 666 > > directory mask = 2777 > > valid user = removed for security (a bunch of domain groups) > > write list = removed for security (a bunch of domain groups) > > > write list: This is a list of users that are given read-write access > to a > service. If the connecting user is in this list then they will be > given write access, no matter what the read only option is set to. > > writeable = yes > > > writeable: Inverted synonym for read only. > > read only: If this parameter is yes, then users of a service may not > create > or modify files in the service's directory. > > As you can see, setting "writeable = yes" allows anyone who connects to > write to the share (depending on unix permissions). "write list" will > overrule the "read only" ("writeable") setting on a share for certain > users. If you remove the "writeable = yes" line it will default to read > only and only users in the write list will be able to make changes. > > *Michael Heydon - IT Administrator * > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -- Jason Greene -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba