On Mon, Aug 08, 2005 at 10:33:57AM -0400, Jon Brock wrote:
> We are indeed using different userids and passwords for the different shares

Have you looked at Samba ACL support?  ACLs (Access Control Lists) allow
you to create a more complex security environment than can be created
using simple Unix user/group/world security.  Using a single userid
from the Windows box then, you can control which resources on the server
each userid has access to.

It might work like this: each of your users belongs to a group that
identifies their department, or security clearance, or whatever category
you wish to apply.  In your filesystem, you add an ACL to your files or
directories for each of the groups that is allowed to access the file,
specifying what level of access they are allowed.

While I don't have a complete picture of your whole security
requirement, I think that ACL support should be a help to you in this
case...

Cheers,
Vic Cross

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