On Tue, 2004-01-06 at 20:14, Edgar wrote: > Hi, > > I have a samba server running on Linux (RedHat 9.0), with the security set to user > and 3 valid user IDs. The clients are 3 PCs running on Windows XP (HomeEdition) and > connected through a router. From the PCs running Windows I can see the localhost > (Sambas Server), but for some reason one PC can only connect to the share directory > on the Samba Server. The questions are as follows. > > 1. Should every user log in with a different user ID to access the shared directory > on the Samba Server? or can I use the same user ID to log in on different PCs to > access the shared directory? > 2. Could there be another reason why only one PC can connect to the shared directory? > --- yes and yes
Yes - permissions ls -l /path_to_shared_directory will show that only the one user has access - you need 'groups' john member of group dom_users paul member of group dom_users george member of group dom_users ls -l /home/samba/shared _rwxrwxr_x george dom_users #all can read and write _rwxrwxr_x george george #only george can read and write Craig -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
