samba - Jan 2003 - Samba Question !

My name is Darren Shaw and I work in the IT Dept for an Engineering
company.

I would like some help me with a Samba problem I would very much like to
resolve quickly if possible.

I am using Solaris 7 and Samba version 2.2.2.
I have created a local Solaris User Account called 'oracle' and also
added
the Samba User name 'oracle'.

I have setup a couple of Samba shares and want to do the following ...

The 'scanfiles' share I want to be username & password protected and
be
writable only by username 'oracle' !
The 'sap' share I want to be public and read only by anyone !

The following smb.conf file I am using allows both shares to be
accessed without entering a username and password.


[global]

   workgroup = workgroup

   log file = /usr/local/samba/logs/log.%m
   security = share


[scanfiles]
        comment = Directory for Scanned Images
        path = /data_archive/repository
        writable = yes
        public = yes

[sap]
        comment = Directory for SAP
        path = /data_archive/repository/SAP
        read only = yes
        public = yes

Question.
How can I set the 'scanfiles' share to prompt for a username and
password ?
I take it the 'sap' share is ok as it seems to do what I want at the
moment.

Many Thanks,

Darren Shaw

First, try taking off the public directive. That might get you a password
prompt.

Second, to only let a certain user write to this share, read:

man smb.conf
:/    write list

Joel
> The 'scanfiles' share I want to be username & password
protected and be
> writable only by username 'oracle' !
> The 'sap' share I want to be public and read only by anyone !
> 
> [scanfiles]
>         comment = Directory for Scanned Images
>         path = /data_archive/repository
>         writable = yes
>         public = yes