On 17 Mar 2003 12:07:39 +1100
Andrew Bartlett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
|On Mon, 2003-03-17 at 11:37, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
|> Hello,
|>
|> I am using Samba "Version 2.2.3a-12 for Debian" on a Debian 3.0 system.
|> I have looked at lots of Samba documentation and have not been able to
|> find anything explaining what I need. I want to create a single
|> directory on my Samba server that is ok for any user (e.g. 'guest ok =
|> yes'), but is password protected. Meaning, I want a share that any user
|> can access as long as they have the password to that specific
|> directory. I haven't seen how to do this anywhere, so any assistance
|> that you could offer would be most appreciative. Thanks a lot!
|
|Set 'security=share' on the server, and create an account in smbpasswd
|for a new user 'share_user' (or whatever you like to call it).
|
|Then put 'user = share_user' and 'valid users = share_user' in the
|declaration for that share.
Might also want to add "force user = share_user"
>From 'man smb.conf'...
force user (S)
This specifies a UNIX user name that will be
assigned as the default user for all users connect�
ing to this service. This is useful for sharing
files. You should also use it carefully as using it
incorrectly can cause security problems.
This user name only gets used once a connection is
established. Thus clients still need to connect as
a valid user and supply a valid password. Once con�
nected, all file operations will be performed as
the "forced user", no matter what username the
client connected as. This can be very useful.
|This gets you pretty close to the 'share level' password on Win9X. Not
|quite (because we map to unix users) but pretty close.
|
|Note that setting 'security=share' will affect other shares on the
|server, so you might want to look into a %L include to host this on a
|separate virtual hostname.
|
|Andrew Bartlett
|
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