Hi, I have a samba server running on Linux (RedHat 9.0), with the security set to user and 3 valid user IDs. The clients are 3 PCs running on Windows XP (HomeEdition) and connected through a router. From the PCs running Windows I can see the localhost (Sambas Server), but for some reason one PC can only connect to the share directory on the Samba Server. The questions are as follows. 1. Should every user log in with a different user ID to access the shared directory on the Samba Server? or can I use the same user ID to log in on different PCs to access the shared directory? 2. Could there be another reason why only one PC can connect to the shared directory? Note that I ran the utility ping on the Window PCs and the Linux machine and got good replies so I do not think there is a connection problem. Any help will be appreciated!
As per my samba exprience you can have single userid to access the same share from different computer. SR>Hi,> > I have a samba server running on Linux (RedHat 9.0), with the security set > to user and 3 valid user IDs. The clients are 3 PCs running on Windows XP > (HomeEdition) and connected through a router. From the PCs running Windows > I can see the localhost (Sambas Server), but for some reason one PC can > only connect to the share directory on the Samba Server. The questions are > as follows. > > 1. Should every user log in with a different user ID to access the shared > directory on the Samba Server? or can I use the same user ID to log in on > different PCs to access the shared directory? > 2. Could there be another reason why only one PC can connect to the shared > directory? > > Note that I ran the utility ping on the Window PCs and the Linux machine > and got good replies so I do not think there is a connection problem. > > Any help will be appreciated! > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba > >
On Tue, 2004-01-06 at 20:14, Edgar wrote:> Hi, > > I have a samba server running on Linux (RedHat 9.0), with the security set to user and 3 valid user IDs. The clients are 3 PCs running on Windows XP (HomeEdition) and connected through a router. From the PCs running Windows I can see the localhost (Sambas Server), but for some reason one PC can only connect to the share directory on the Samba Server. The questions are as follows. > > 1. Should every user log in with a different user ID to access the shared directory on the Samba Server? or can I use the same user ID to log in on different PCs to access the shared directory? > 2. Could there be another reason why only one PC can connect to the shared directory? >--- yes and yes Yes - permissions ls -l /path_to_shared_directory will show that only the one user has access - you need 'groups' john member of group dom_users paul member of group dom_users george member of group dom_users ls -l /home/samba/shared _rwxrwxr_x george dom_users #all can read and write _rwxrwxr_x george george #only george can read and write Craig