samba - Aug 2006 - Problem with group access to shares

I have a Solaris 8 samba 3.0 server.  For over a year I have been running a
share which has group USERS, so everyone in USERS group can map the share. 
Under this share there are several subdirectories that all have their own unique
group for access.

Example:

    Share is called [PROJECTS]

    UNIX dir structure

        PROJECTS    owned by root   grouped by USERS
            ENGINEERING   owned by root   grouped by ENGR
            SOFTWARE       owned by root   grouped by SW
            MANAGEMENT  owned by root   grouped by MGT
            PROGRAMMING owned by root   grouped by PROG

For over a year users have been able to map the PROJECTS share, then access the
subdirectories based on their group membership in NIS groups.  Last week it just
stopped working.  I didn't change version ov samba.  The only change I made
was to add a new user in smb.conf file.  I reverted back to smb.conf BEFORE the
problem, but it didn't work either.

Any ideas?

I appreciate the reply.  I will check log Monday at work.

I used to do a separate share for EACH subdirectory, but it got to be too 
much overhead.  I have about 40 different shares I would have to create. 
The sample I gave was just a very simple example.  The real thing is far 
more involved.

dorothy



----- Original Message ----- 
From: <danilomoretto@cantv.net>
To: <ergatz@comcast.net>
Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2006 9:38 AM
Subject: Re: [Samba] Problem with group access to shares

> Try to do
>
> tail- f /var/log/samba/log.smbd
>
> while the users tryin to enter the share..
>
> if nothing happen  change log level to 2
>
> in try again
>
> in the log you can see  why is happening the problem
>
> PD: why dont you use different shares, for example:
>
> [ ENGINEERING]
> path = /shares/engineering
> valid users = @engineering
> force group = enginerieeng
> force create mode = 775
> force directory mode = 775
>
> and for the others too, software, management ....
>
> ----------- Mensaje Original --------------
>
> De: ergatz [ergatz@comcast.net]
> Para: samba@lists.samba.org [samba@lists.samba.org]
> Cc: ergatz [ergatz@comcast.net]
> Asunto: [Samba] Problem with group access to shares
> Fecha: 19/08/2006 09:17:35
> Mensaje:
>
> I have a Solaris 8 samba 3.0 server.  For over a year I have been running 
> a
> share which has group USERS, so everyone in USERS group can map the share.
> Under this share there are several subdirectories that all have their own
> unique group for access.
>
> Example:
>
>    Share is called [PROJECTS]
>
>    UNIX dir structure
>
>        PROJECTS    owned by root   grouped by USERS
>            ENGINEERING   owned by root   grouped by ENGR
>            SOFTWARE       owned by root   grouped by SW
>            MANAGEMENT  owned by root   grouped by MGT
>            PROGRAMMING owned by root   grouped by PROG
>
> For over a year users have been able to map the PROJECTS share, then 
> access
> the subdirectories based on their group membership in NIS groups.  Last
> week it just stopped working.  I didn't change version ov samba.  The
only
> change I made was to add a new user in smb.conf file.  I reverted back to
> smb.conf BEFORE the problem, but it didn't work either.
>
> Any ideas?
>
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