On Thursday 10 November 2005 15:56, Chris Barnes wrote: > I am having a problem getting Samba to use the linux group membership > when following a symlink. > > On the Linux side, I have a soft link from the user's home directory to > the shared directory. > ln -s /home/shared/testgroup testshare > > In the smb.conf I have: > [homes] > comment = Home Directories > browseable = no > writable = yes > valid users = %S > force create mode = 0660 > delete readonly = yes > map archive = no > case sensitive = yes > follow symlinks = yes > > [testshared] > comment = Test Shared > browsable = no > path = /home/shared/testgroup > valid users = @test > writable = yes > force create mode = 0660 > force directory mode = 0771 > force group = test > > > IF the user maps to the "testshared" share, it works perfectly (ie. uses > the group membership to give access). However, if they try to browse to > the testgroup "directory", it does not grant them access. > > It shouldn't matter, but I have even changed the symlink 'file' to have > the user be the owner. Still no dice.
Check the man page for the "wide links" parameter. - John T. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
