From: "Larry Alkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
david rankin wrote:
From: "Larry Alkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Which leads to the question, how do I act as root on a samba share?
Or perhaps the question is how do I become root on the share?
Is sharing as root okay or is it bad practice? Why?
Larry, in your smb.conf, try this:
valid users = you
force user = root
force group = root
admin users = you
I believe if you just set admin users = whoever, that will force the user
and group to root by default. It has been a while since I played with
this, but I still use it and it works...
I'm a little hesitant to access a share with full root access all the
time. Do you consider this safe?
Yes, it's safe as long and you don't go wild hitting the [del] key in a
willie-nillie fashion. What I usually do that masks this from all users
except me is to create the user shares say:
/home/samba/office
/home/samba/forms
/home/samba/jointcase
Then for my use I include an additional share for my use only which give me
root access to all share data; and that also hides the share from all users.
YMMV, but it works for me.
[samba]
comment = Base Samba Share
path = /home/samba
valid users = david
force user = david
force group = ochiltree
admin users = david
browseable = no
writeable = Yes
inherit permissions = yes
What I've worked out is to mount tillie in my smbmt script with the line:
smbmount //tillie/all /mnt/tillie
which picks up the $USER.
So if I run the script as $USER=root I'm root, otherwise a user even
though my $UID=0 when I su to run the script and smbmount.
I wish there was some way to "su" into a share but haven't seen it yet.
Well for me, its fire up PuTTy; www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/
ssh server, log in as me,
su
and you are in.
Aside: Next time you are at the Salt Lick in Driftwood, don't forget to
order the blueberry cobbler and vanilla ice cream desert. Yes, after the
family style all you can eat, it will hurt, but it is worth it...
Ahh, Salt Lick. I live close by, off Camp Ben Macoulough Rd about two
miles from Hwy 290 West so I've been there more times than is good for me
<g>
Come to town some town and I'll treat you. I'm in the book.
You are on! Both grand parents lived in Austin. 1807 Pearl, and the other in
Jonestown on lake Travis. Ahh the days, the hike-n-bike, the lake, chasing
squirrels with bb guns in Pease Park, Barton Springs (before it was
topless), Town Lake.....
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RANKIN LAW FIRM, PLLC
510 Ochiltree Street
Nacogdoches, Texas 75961
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www.rankinlawfirm.com
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