<div>On 7/31/07, Bob Chiodini <<a href="mailto:rchiodin@bellsouth.net">rchiodin@bellsouth.net</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">David Frascone wrote: > > I have been running samba for some time, but I can't seem to get > permissions right for the following: > > My file server has two users, me and my wife. I'd like to make 3 > shares, plus a home directory: > > /media (rw to me and my wife, ro for guests) > /public (rw to me and my wife, ro for guests) > /private (rw to me and my wife, no other access) > > And, normal (rw) to owners of /home/USER. > > However, I run into tons of permissions problems when I create a file, > and she reads it, and vice versa. > > So, the actual questions: > > 1) How do I implement a "guest" account? Make a third account? > 2) Is there any way to have both accounts (mine and my wife) create > files with permissions 777 when we write to shared space, but normal > permissions (700) when we write to our home directories? > > Guess that's about it. Thanks in advance, > > > -Dave > > -- > David Frascone > > Diplomacy is saying "nice doggy" until you find a rock. Dave, Maybe the "create mask" parameter in smb.conf for the shares you're interested in may help (man smb.conf). Bob... -- fedora-list mailing list <a href="mailto:fedora-list@redhat.com">fedora-list@redhat.com</a> To unsubscribe: <a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list"> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list</a> </blockquote></div> make sure you both belong to the same group and make the share group writable -- ------------------------------ /\_/\ |O O| <a href="mailto:pepebuho@pananet.com">pepebuho@pananet.com</a> ~~~~ Javier Perez ~~~~ While the night runs ~~~~ toward the day... m m Pepebuho watches from his high perch.