samba - Mar 2003 - Single shared directory, with a universal password

Hello,

I am using Samba "Version 2.2.3a-12 for Debian" on a Debian 3.0
system.
I have looked at lots of Samba documentation and have not been able to
find anything explaining what I need. I want to create a single directory
on my Samba server that is ok for any user (e.g. 'guest ok = yes'), but
is password protected. Meaning, I want a share that any user can access
as long as they have the password to that specific directory. I haven't
seen how to do this anywhere, so any assistance that you could offer
would be most appreciative. Thanks a lot!

-indy

Create a user on your Samba Box, create a share that is accessible to that
user, then use the username parameter so that whatever user the Windows
client sends, Samba will check the password against the user you created.

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Mar 16  8:04pm


They hang the man and flog the woman
That steal the goose from off the common,
But let the greater villain loose
That steals the common from the goose.
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On Mon, 17 Mar 2003 indy@SDF.LONESTAR.ORG wrote:

Hello,

I am using Samba "Version 2.2.3a-12 for Debian" on a Debian 3.0
system.
I have looked at lots of Samba documentation and have not been able to
find anything explaining what I need. I want to create a single directory
on my Samba server that is ok for any user (e.g. 'guest ok = yes'), but
is password protected. Meaning, I want a share that any user can access
as long as they have the password to that specific directory. I haven't
seen how to do this anywhere, so any assistance that you could offer
would be most appreciative. Thanks a lot!

-indy

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On Mon, 2003-03-17 at 11:37, indy@SDF.LONESTAR.ORG
wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am using Samba "Version 2.2.3a-12 for Debian" on a Debian 3.0
system.
> I have looked at lots of Samba documentation and have not been able to
> find anything explaining what I need. I want to create a single directory
> on my Samba server that is ok for any user (e.g. 'guest ok = yes'),
but
> is password protected. Meaning, I want a share that any user can access
> as long as they have the password to that specific directory. I haven't
> seen how to do this anywhere, so any assistance that you could offer
> would be most appreciative. Thanks a lot!
Set 'security=share' on the server, and create an account in smbpasswd
for a new user 'share_user' (or whatever you like to call it).

Then put 'user = share_user' and 'valid users = share_user' in
the
declaration for that share. 

This gets you pretty close to the 'share level' password on Win9X.  Not
quite (because we map to unix users) but pretty close.

Note that setting 'security=share' will affect other shares on the
server, so you might want to look into a %L include to host this on a
separate virtual hostname.

Andrew Bartlett

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Student Network Administrator, Hawker College   abartlet@hawkerc.net
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