Make user account under Samba

[Johnthom]

Hi all,

I have just installed Samba program in my computer, and I share a directory for everyone to use it, but then I 'd like set up a little more secure. It means only people having Linux accounts can use this shared directory. I tried a lot of ways but cannot do that.

The following is my smb.conf file:

#===========================================
[global]
workgroup = my-net
netbios name = Server-RedHat
server string = server Red Hat Linux
log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
max log size = 0
security = share
encrypt passwords = yes
#======== Share Definitions ============
[Soft-store]
comment = My server Directories
public = yes
browseable = yes
writable = yes
path = /softwares-test
comment = softwares
guest ok = yes
[CDROM]
comment = CDROM of Linux computer
public = true
browseable = yes
writable = yes
path = /mnt/cdrom
guest ok = yes
#========the end============

For example, I have a Linux account ( username: test, password: test ). Please add statements into my smb.conf file in order to share directory "/softwares-test" to people having account "test" mentioned above.

Any help would be apprecited.

John Thom

 

[ramani]

HI

#======== Share Definitions ============
[Soft-store]
comment = My server Directories
browseable = yes
create mode = 777
directory mode = 777
domain master = no
guest ok = no
local master = no
path = /softwares-test
preferred master = no
public = no
security = share
socket options = TCP_NODELAY
workgroup = myWorkGroupName
writable = yes
write list = myUser1, myUser2, test, myuser3 .. etc users

This shall see you thru...

Also create users in Linux unit which match the write list above.. For this you can use USERCONF at # or use the GUI.

Hope this helps you ramani :-9
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[ifincham]

Hi,

Just an observation on the above - the statements :

domain master = no
local master = no
preferred master = no
security = share
socket options = TCP_NODELAY
workgroup = myWorkGroupName

are global statements for the server and you wouldn't put them in a share definition - they go in the [global] part of smb.conf . Also, to achieve a reasonable level of security, you would also need to set :

security = user

In addition, to configure / synchronise passwords using smbpasswd see -->

http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/samba/chapter/book/ch06_04.html

.

Hope this helps