samba question

Hi,
I have a samba server and 5 xp home clients.
Each client has a share:
xp1 has share1
xp2 has share 2 ....and so on.
Every share can be reached only with user identification and password.
xp1 can reach only share1, for example.
But the problem is that xp1 sees also all the other shares (even if he can't
enter). Is there a way to see only the share of the user that logged on ?

Thanks a lot
..

Charly wrote:
> Hi,
> I have a samba server and 5 xp home clients.
> Each client has a share:
> xp1 has share1
> xp2 has share 2 ....and so on.
> Every share can be reached only with user identification and password.
> xp1 can reach only share1, for example.
> But the problem is that xp1 sees also all the other shares (even if he can't
> enter). Is there a way to see only the share of the user that logged on ?
>
> Thanks a lot
> .
>
>

what do you mean only the share of the user that logged on? the shares
you see have to do with your own permissions, not anybody elses!?

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Respectfully,


CL Gilbert

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> Charly wrote:
>> Hi,
>> I have a samba server and 5 xp home clients.
>> Each client has a share:
>> xp1 has share1
>> xp2 has share 2 ....and so on.
>> Every share can be reached only with user identification and password.
>> xp1 can reach only share1, for example.
>> But the problem is that xp1 sees also all the other shares (even if he
>> can't enter). Is there a way to see only the share of the user that
>> logged on ?
>>
>> Thanks a lot
>> .
>
> what do you mean only the share of the user that logged on? the shares
> you see have to do with your own permissions, not anybody elses!?

exactly: I want to see only that share for which I have the permission
(there are other 100 shares with other users).
But even if I put in the share browsable = NO is does't work... can you help
me ???

Charly wrote:
> Hi,
> I have a samba server and 5 xp home clients.
> Each client has a share:
> xp1 has share1
> xp2 has share 2 ....and so on.
> Every share can be reached only with user identification and password.
> xp1 can reach only share1, for example.
> But the problem is that xp1 sees also all the other shares (even if he can't
> enter). Is there a way to see only the share of the user that logged on ?
>
> Thanks a lot
> .
>
>

Hi,

in smb.conf there is a section [homes]. Is there set
browseable = no. For my home network this works.
Maybe a user=.. with a list of the user which could use a specific
share help.

The manpage for smb.conf is huge but does explain all.

Is it possible to use swat to manage the samba server?

BR
Hans-Juergen Lange

On 2005-08-09 05:14:30 -0400, "Charly" <(E-Mail Removed)> said:

>
> " <(E-Mail Removed)> ha scritto nel messaggio
> news:2MydncUhILYkuGXfRVn-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Charly wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>> I have a samba server and 5 xp home clients.
>>> Each client has a share:
>>> xp1 has share1
>>> xp2 has share 2 ....and so on.
>>> Every share can be reached only with user identification and password.
>>> xp1 can reach only share1, for example.
>>> But the problem is that xp1 sees also all the other shares (even if he
>>> can't enter). Is there a way to see only the share of the user that
>>> logged on ?
>>>
>>> Thanks a lot
>>> .
>>
>> what do you mean only the share of the user that logged on? the shares
>> you see have to do with your own permissions, not anybody elses!?
>
> exactly: I want to see only that share for which I have the permission
> (there are other 100 shares with other users).
> But even if I put in the share browsable = NO is does't work... can you
> help me ???
>
If I am understanding you correctly, you are looking for access-based
enumeration, i.e., when a user looks at the contents of a shared
folder, that user sees only those files and folders to which he or she
actually has permission to access.

This is functionality that Microsoft themselves only added to Windows
Server 2003 with SP1. AFAIK, Samba does not have this functionality.

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Scott Lowe

Scott Lowe wrote:
> On 2005-08-09 05:14:30 -0400, "Charly" <(E-Mail Removed)> said:
>
>>
>> " <(E-Mail Removed)> ha scritto nel messaggio
>> news:2MydncUhILYkuGXfRVn-(E-Mail Removed)...
>>
>>> Charly wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>> I have a samba server and 5 xp home clients.
>>>> Each client has a share:
>>>> xp1 has share1
>>>> xp2 has share 2 ....and so on.
>>>> Every share can be reached only with user identification and password.
>>>> xp1 can reach only share1, for example.
>>>> But the problem is that xp1 sees also all the other shares (even if
>>>> he can't enter). Is there a way to see only the share of the user
>>>> that logged on ?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks a lot
>>>> .
>>>
>>>
>>> what do you mean only the share of the user that logged on? the
>>> shares you see have to do with your own permissions, not anybody elses!?
>>
>>
>> exactly: I want to see only that share for which I have the permission
>> (there are other 100 shares with other users).
>> But even if I put in the share browsable = NO is does't work... can
>> you help me ???
>>
> If I am understanding you correctly, you are looking for access-based
> enumeration, i.e., when a user looks at the contents of a shared folder,
> that user sees only those files and folders to which he or she actually
> has permission to access.
>
> This is functionality that Microsoft themselves only added to Windows
> Server 2003 with SP1. AFAIK, Samba does not have this functionality.
>

but she said 'shares' which is basically a shared directory i believe.
So I have to ask, are you seeing these shares in network neighborhood,
or mapped as drives on your local computer? Where do you want to hide
them, network neighborhood, or mapped drives?

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Respectfully,


CL Gilbert