Re: question about SAMBA shared directory and file permissions
i found out a very important thing. one is best off having the top directory owned by the group you want to have access. mine was owned by wheel. no problem for those of us in that particular group! Peter Risdon wrote: Peter Risdon wrote: There's a useful guide to configuring samba at: http://hr.oregon.edu/davidrl/samba/server.html Whoops. http://hr.uoregon.edu/davidrl/samba/server.html PWR. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
question about SAMBA shared directory and file permissions
Hi, i have been having problems with a SAMBA shared directory and user permissions. My smb.conf file is simple and allows for members of 'wwwdev' access the directory, and they can when i test it, but we get all kinds of problems with the permissions on various files and directories: // [wwwdev] comment = Virtual Web Servers HTTP dirs path = /usr/wwwdev create mode = 0765 valid users = @wwwdev // i assume this is a ownership issue on the unix file system side, although i have opened up the permissions to 'pants down in public' level drwxrwxrwx -rwxrwxrwx ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: question about SAMBA shared directory and file permissions
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, i have been having problems with a SAMBA shared directory and user permissions. My smb.conf file is simple and allows for members of 'wwwdev' access the directory, and they can when i test it, but we get all kinds of problems with the permissions on various files and directories: It would help if you said exactly what those problems are. // [wwwdev] comment = Virtual Web Servers HTTP dirs path = /usr/wwwdev create mode = 0765 valid users = @wwwdev // You might also need to set the directory mode on the share. i assume this is a ownership issue on the unix file system side, although i have opened up the permissions to 'pants down in public' level drwxrwxrwx -rwxrwxrwx So, what is the problem? Do these permissions and/or the file ownerships get altered when accessed by a Windows client? PWR. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: question about SAMBA shared directory and file permissions
Peter Risdon wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, i have been having problems with a SAMBA shared directory and user permissions. My smb.conf file is simple and allows for members of 'wwwdev' access the directory, and they can when i test it, but we get all kinds of problems with the permissions on various files and directories: It would help if you said exactly what those problems are. sure. i realised i didn't explain just after i sent the mail. doh! ok: i want really open access 'a-la-windows' style to all files under a certain directory tree to users in a particular group. at the moment, i am having to chown all files over to whom ever is editing them at any given time. // [wwwdev] comment = Virtual Web Servers HTTP dirs path = /usr/wwwdev create mode = 0765 valid users = @wwwdev // You might also need to set the directory mode on the share. cool, what would you suggest? i assume this is a ownership issue on the unix file system side, although i have opened up the permissions to 'pants down in public' level drwxrwxrwx -rwxrwxrwx So, what is the problem? Do these permissions and/or the file ownerships get altered when accessed by a Windows client? i would have assumed that because the two users were in the same group they could access the same files in turn without chown-ing. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: question about SAMBA shared directory and file permissions
Anthony carmody wrote: Peter Risdon wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, i have been having problems with a SAMBA shared directory and user permissions. My smb.conf file is simple and allows for members of 'wwwdev' access the directory, and they can when i test it, but we get all kinds of problems with the permissions on various files and directories: It would help if you said exactly what those problems are. sure. i realised i didn't explain just after i sent the mail. doh! ok: i want really open access 'a-la-windows' style to all files under a certain directory tree to users in a particular group. at the moment, i am having to chown all files over to whom ever is editing them at any given time. I was thinking more of what happens to file permissions when a file is accessed by a samba user. Say they start at something like: #ls -l -rwxrw-r-x 1 pwr wwwdev 637 Apr 17 09:01 testfile So all members of the wwwdev group have write permission. After access by user pwr do they change? Maybe to: -rwxrw-r-x 1 pwr pwr 637 Apr 17 09:01 testfile // [wwwdev] comment = Virtual Web Servers HTTP dirs path = /usr/wwwdev create mode = 0765 valid users = @wwwdev // You might also need to set the directory mode on the share. cool, what would you suggest? See below. i assume this is a ownership issue on the unix file system side, although i have opened up the permissions to 'pants down in public' level drwxrwxrwx -rwxrwxrwx So, what is the problem? Do these permissions and/or the file ownerships get altered when accessed by a Windows client? i would have assumed that because the two users were in the same group they could access the same files in turn without chown-ing. There's a useful guide to configuring samba at: http://hr.oregon.edu/davidrl/samba/server.html And it deals with a similar configuration to the one you're seeking. But working on a guess that your problem stems from the group flag of a file being changed to that of the user who accesses it, you might try adding: create mode 0774 # Windows clients that seems to require the extra bit directory mode = 0775 #so that new directories are created with the right permissions force group = +wwwdev # so that all file activity is carried out as this user HTH. PWR ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: question about SAMBA shared directory and file permissions
Peter Risdon wrote: There's a useful guide to configuring samba at: http://hr.oregon.edu/davidrl/samba/server.html Whoops. http://hr.uoregon.edu/davidrl/samba/server.html PWR. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: question about SAMBA shared directory and file permissions
Peter Risdon wrote: create mode 0774 # Windows clients that seems to require the extra bit And just to correct my own gibberish (maybe I need some coffee): create mode = 0774 # Windows clients seem to require the extra bit PWR. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: question about SAMBA shared directory and file permissions
This is how I would do it, assuming I understand you correctly: [wwwdev] comment = Virtual Web Servers HTTP dirs path = /usr/wwwdev browseable = yes # So that new files are created with 0664 mode -- force create mode = 0664 # So that new directories are created with 0775 mode -- force directory mode = 0775 force group = wwwdev # Set this to yes (default) if you use the DOS archive bit for backups # Otherwise, set it to no to get rid of unintended executable bits # being set in non-executable files map archive = no printable = no public = no valid users = @wwwdev writable = yes Also, reset all permissions and group ownerships in /usr/wwwdev to the intended values. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, i have been having problems with a SAMBA shared directory and user permissions. My smb.conf file is simple and allows for members of 'wwwdev' access the directory, and they can when i test it, but we get all kinds of problems with the permissions on various files and directories: // [wwwdev] comment = Virtual Web Servers HTTP dirs path = /usr/wwwdev create mode = 0765 valid users = @wwwdev // i assume this is a ownership issue on the unix file system side, although i have opened up the permissions to 'pants down in public' level drwxrwxrwx -rwxrwxrwx ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
