Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2004 10:07:57 +0100 From: Peter Risdon <peter@circlesquared.com> To: Anthony carmody <anthony@carmoda.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: question about SAMBA shared directory and file permissions Message-ID: <4080F3ED.7020408@circlesquared.com> In-Reply-To: <4080E845.5010701@carmoda.com> References: <4080E09D.5030601@carmoda.com> <4080E48A.7040201@circlesquared.com> <4080E845.5010701@carmoda.com>
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Anthony carmody wrote: > > > Peter Risdon wrote: > >> freebsd.org@carmoda.com wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> i have been having problems with a SAMBA shared directory and user >>> permissions. My smb.conf file is simple and allows for members of >>> 'wwwdev' access the directory, and they can when i test it, but we >>> get all kinds of problems with the permissions on various files and >>> directories: >> >> >> >> >> It would help if you said exactly what those problems are. > > > sure. i realised i didn't explain just after i sent the mail. doh! > > ok: i want really open access 'a-la-windows' style to all files under > a certain directory tree to users in a particular group. at the > moment, i am having to chown all files over to whom ever is editing > them at any given time. I was thinking more of what happens to file permissions when a file is accessed by a samba user. Say they start at something like: #ls -l -rwxrw-r-x 1 pwr wwwdev 637 Apr 17 09:01 testfile So all members of the wwwdev group have write permission. After access by user pwr do they change? Maybe to: -rwxrw-r-x 1 pwr pwr 637 Apr 17 09:01 testfile > >>> >>> ////////////////////////////////////////////////////// >>> [wwwdev] >>> comment = Virtual Web Servers HTTP dirs >>> path = /usr/wwwdev >>> create mode = 0765 >>> valid users = @wwwdev >>> ////////////////////////////////////////////////////// >> >> >> >> >> You might also need to set the directory mode on the share. > > > cool, what would you suggest? See below. > >>> >>> >>> i assume this is a ownership issue on the unix file system side, >>> although i have opened up the permissions to 'pants down in public' >>> level .... >>> >>> drwxrwxrwx >>> -rwxrwxrwx >> >> >> >> >> So, what is the problem? Do these permissions and/or the file >> ownerships get altered when accessed by a Windows client? > > > i would have assumed that because the two users were in the same group > they could access the same files in turn without chown-ing. There's a useful guide to configuring samba at: http://hr.oregon.edu/davidrl/samba/server.html And it deals with a similar configuration to the one you're seeking. But working on a guess that your problem stems from the group flag of a file being changed to that of the user who accesses it, you might try adding: create mode 0774 # Windows clients that seems to require the extra bit directory mode = 0775 #so that new directories are created with the right permissions force group = +wwwdev # so that all file activity is carried out as this user HTH. PWR
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