On Thu, 2008-03-27 at 12:28 +0000, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Wednesday 26 March 2008 20:28:09 Scott Silva wrote: > > on 3-26-2008 1:01 PM Ray Leventhal spake the following: > > >> It is possible, because I am doing it. I have share=user and have home > > >> directories viewable by the user and the admin (me). I have various > > >> departmental shares that each department can access and no one else > > >> (but the admin -- again me). Even shares that aren't browsable, so no > > >> one even knows they are there if not given access. > > >> And I have several public shares, some read-write, some read only with > > >> install files and such. USers that try to access a share they have no > > >> permission to get the logon box, but it will never actually auth > > >> because their rights don't allow it. > > >> > > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > I have no doubt it's possible....might it be possible for you to post a > > > sanitized version of your [globals] and one or two of the shares from > > > the smb.conf file so that I can compare what's working for you with > > > what's not working for me? > > > > > > TIA, > > > -Ray > > > > Some sanitized areas marked ***removed*** > > A server that will also do domain logins and roaming profiles; > > > As I said, mine is a simple LAN. Here is the current version of [global] > section and some of the shares. The 'domain master' line has never been in > any of my older setups, but it was put in to cure the frequent battles to > resolve masterships, mainly caused by family laptops that are not directly > under my control. > > [global] > > workgroup = lydgate.lan > server string = Samba Server Version %v > netbios name = borg2 > log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log > hosts allow = 192.168.0. 127.0. > acl compatibility = winnt > wins support = yes > local master = yes > domain master = yes > domain logons = no > os level = 66 > preferred master = yes > load printers = yes > printing = cups > > #============================ Share Definitions ============================== > > [homes] > comment = Home Directories > browseable = no > read only = no > case sensitive = no > strict locking = no > #msdf proxy = yes > > [DATA2] > path = /Data2 > #read only = no > writeable = yes > public = yes > > [DATA3] > path = /Data3/ > #read only = no > writeable = yes > valid users = anne gillian david > > The commented lines are ones that have been tried in both states, as 'read > only' and 'writeable' seem to be preferable depending on which version of > samba is being used. > > The security= line is no longer present (I gather from the advice I was given > that the default is then 'user'). Home directories do not display. > > I am able to mount both my home and the main data directory from fstab. using > a credentials file. > > Anne Anne, I think your directories are not visable because you do not have "browsable = yes" in the share setups section??? Try that? > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos -- ~/john OpenPGP Sig:BA91F079