samba permissions on networked application

I think 'umask' might be helpful to you... try a man umask and read the
description, you can use it to set the default permissions etc. on new
files..

cheers,

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"Eric Somebody" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:WcfTb.1060$_(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi,
>
> Could anyone tell me how I could set up my samba server so that some files
> that are created dynamically are created with specific permissions that I
> set - not witht hose of the user?
>
> My problem is this. I have an application that has to open and modify
files
> in four different folders on the linux machine.
> There are three users who each have their own samba file and password.
> I've set the samba username and password to be the same as the users
Windows
> un and pwd.
> Then, I created a link in each of the users home location to the 4 folders
> they need access to.
> However, whenever a file is created by one user it is then only available
as
> read only to the other two - I would like it to be 777.
>
> also, I seem to have a path problem with the links - I am navigating the
> path with a VB application. can I include the link in my path or do i
have
> to use the original 'long way around'?
>
>
> Thanks.
>
>

Hi,

Could anyone tell me how I could set up my samba server so that some files
that are created dynamically are created with specific permissions that I
set - not witht hose of the user?

My problem is this. I have an application that has to open and modify files
in four different folders on the linux machine.
There are three users who each have their own samba file and password.
I've set the samba username and password to be the same as the users Windows
un and pwd.
Then, I created a link in each of the users home location to the 4 folders
they need access to.
However, whenever a file is created by one user it is then only available as
read only to the other two - I would like it to be 777.

also, I seem to have a path problem with the links - I am navigating the
path with a VB application. can I include the link in my path or do i have
to use the original 'long way around'?


Thanks.

Eric Somebody wrote:

> Could anyone tell me how I could set up my samba server so that some files
> that are created dynamically are created with specific permissions that I
> set - not witht hose of the user?

See the "force group" option for smb.conf. - I have one office with
three win clients and one linux server, and four people need to use
the PCs, all for different tasks.

So, I set up (1) one home directory each, (2) one "public" dir that
all of them have access to and (3) two directories with limited
access. Then, I created the users and gave them different groups
according to their needs, and put all of them into one additional
group that owns that shared directory that all of them may use.
For that share, I set "force group = $COMMON_GROUP" and "create
mask = 0660", and "directory mask = 0770".


> My problem is this. I have an application that has to open and modify files
> in four different folders on the linux machine.
> There are three users who each have their own samba file and password.
> I've set the samba username and password to be the same as the users Windows
> un and pwd.
> Then, I created a link in each of the users home location to the 4 folders
> they need access to.
> However, whenever a file is created by one user it is then only available as
> read only to the other two - I would like it to be 777.

See above, "create mask". Then, You needn't give world access on those
files.

> also, I seem to have a path problem with the links - I am navigating the
> path with a VB application. can I include the link in my path or do i have
> to use the original 'long way around'?

Personally, I don't think that using links on shares is a good idea in
the first place. Anyway, if You want to use them, You should refer to
the samba documentation about how to allow for that and how to set the
required permissions.

If You only maintain those links to overcome that problem above, You
will find that they are of no use once You have a proper config.

Last, why not connecting each share as separate drives under Win? -
Again, in that office I was talking about, users have their homes
(and "My Documents", plus roaming profiles) under "H:\", then all
of them have one drive "I:\" which is the "public" directory, only
two users can access one restricted directory "J:\" which the other
two users cannot even see, and lastly one "K:\", that all but one
users may access. - The drives get connected when the users log on,
vi that logon script mechanism.


Hope this helps, Jack.

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