Include = in smb.conf

[dan]

I have two groups and would like to set samba permissions based on groups. I have read in 2 samba books that variables are permitted in the include command. I can get the following to work:
include = /home/%U/smb.conf
but not
include = /home/%G/smb.conf or
include = /home/%g/smb.conf
I really don't want a config file in everyones home directory. Does anyone know how to make this work with group variables or something else?
Dan

 

[ifincham]

Hi,

Although the man page says they are the same, I have seen reference to '%G' meaning use the user's primary linux group but '%g' meaning to use the group specified on the 'force group=' directive in smb.conf . Not sure about that but you could try to use 'force group' if everyone is in one linux group anyway :

force group = smbusers

Hope this helps

 

[dan]

Actually, I have 2 groups: Faculty and Students
I want faculty to write with 755 permissions and students to write with 770 permissions to the same share. I thought that by using an include statement to create the share I could assign different create mask for each group. (My assumption is to use %G as the primary group for a student is Students and the primary group for a faculty member is Faculty.
If I use:
include = /home/Faculty/smb.conf
it works, But if I use
include = /home/%G/smb.conf
when a member of Faculty logs in it does not execute the include file
Dan