I've been assigned the task to make a fileserver with the following
share:
\\my-samba-server
+---- public <--- Shared folder without password
| restriction
|
+---- event <--- Subfolder that requires
valid username/password
I use Samba 3.0.12 installed on a FreeBSD from the ports collection.
The anonymous share-folder "public" is easy enough. My samba.cnf
contains;
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security = share
[public]
comment = %h Shared Public Directory
path = /usr/home/samba/public
force directory mode = 0777
force create mode = 0777
force group = samba
force user = samba
public = yes
writeable = yes
read only = no
inherit permissions = Yes
map archive = No
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And the folder /usr/home/samba/public looks like this:
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drwxrwxr-t 3 samba samba 512 Jun 27 13:16 public
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But what should I do with the subfolder "event"?
>From a users point of view, the folders should work like this:
1) I open \\my-samba-server\public - The folder is opened without any
username/password requests. Inside this folder I can create files and
folders.
2) Inside \\my-samba-server\public there is a sub folder called
"event". If I try to open this, I will be prompted for
username/password before access is granted.
How do I do that? Is it at all possible, or can I only make it with
"event" as a separate share?
Thanks
- Carsten
Carsten Gehling wrote:> I've been assigned the task to make a fileserver with the following > share:> 1) I open \\my-samba-server\public - The folder is opened without any > username/password requests. Inside this folder I can create files and > folders. > > 2) Inside \\my-samba-server\public there is a sub folder called > "event". If I try to open this, I will be prompted for > username/password before access is granted. > > How do I do that? Is it at all possible, or can I only make it with > "event" as a separate share?It will not work this way. Once a Windows client has connected to the public share, nothing will make it "re-autheticate" the connection. You will just get an "access denied" for the protected subfolder. You may even run into problems if you work with two separate shares on the same server, as windows does not support connecting to two different shares on the same host with different credentials. -- Wolfgang Ratzka Phone: +49 6421 2823531 FAX: +49 6421 2826994 Uni Marburg, HRZ, Hans-Meerwein-Str., D-35032 Marburg, Germany http://www.uni-marburg.de/hrz/mitarbeiter/ratzka.html