Samba and Group permission

[Arpad Toth]

hi EK,

you are correct about any supplementary grp.
but -G won't remove user's original grp id.
For sure I always mean think first and try after :)
Well, thx for the script but send it to the orig
author of the thread....

ciao
RP

 --- E K <ekgab-PkbjNfxxIARBDgjK7y7TUQ at public.gmane.org> wrote: 
> 
> well, be careful about usermod, it will remove the
> user from its current 
> group membership if the current groups that the user
> is member of are not 
> listed on the -G group list.
> 
> I created a small script to add a user to a group in
> addition to the current 
> ones at my work.  If you think you will find the
> script helpful, I will post 
> it for you on Monday.
> 
> cheers,
> 
> EK
> 
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: Arpad Toth <arpadtoth-FFYn/CNdgSA at public.gmane.org>
> Reply-To: tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org
> To: tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org
> Subject: Re: [TLUG]: Samba and Group permission
> Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2004 19:25:29 -0400 (EDT)
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I would create a group first,
> i.e
> groupadd share
> 
> add this grp to users you want to be under samba
> share..
> 
> usermod -G share <user1>
> usermod -G share <user2>
> 
> check if they have their own grp and the
> "share"
> i.e
> id <user1>, it should show all grps the uid
> has.
> create /home/share or whatever u want...
> now, change permission on /home/share
> to 2770, chgrp share on it, so it might be
> root:share /home/share
> actually we did the biggest part :)
> then create the share dir in smb.conf
> bring up samba, enjoy...
> 
> regards,
> 
> RP
> 
> 
>   --- Martin Duclos <tchitow-PkbjNfxxIARBDgjK7y7TUQ at public.gmane.org>
> wrote:
> > Martin Duclos wrote:
> >
> > >Hi All,
> > >
> > >I am running a samba 3.0.4-1 server.  I
> want to
> > create groups so that I can
> > >control which user has access to which
> file. SO, I
> > create a new group by
> > >editing the /etc/group file. I add the
> users which
> > are to belong to that
> > >group. I modify the group permission on the
> files I
> > want the users of said
> > >group to have access to. One of the client
> machines
> > is a linux machine (but
> > >I suspect the same problem will show up on
> a win
> > machine). What I'm seeing
> > >is that the owner of the share only has
> it's
> > deafult group associated with
> > >it. I've been reading through the samba
> docs and
> > man pages but I haven't
> > >found a solution yet. There must be some
> way to
> > have a user be part of
> > >multiple groups and have samba respect
> those - or
> > is it just wishful
> > >thinking? Any ideas?
> > >
> > >Thanks
> > >
> > >Martin Duclos
> > >
> > >
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> > Try using ACL
> >
> >
> http://www.bluelightning.org/linux/samba_acl_howto/
> >
> > I fail to see how this how to would help. I've
> read
> > all of it and I haven't
> > seen anything that directly relates to this
> problem
> > with an explanation and
> > how to fix it. Any ideas as to how I can solve
> my
> > problem?
> >
> > Martin
> >
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