samba home var directory permissions

[Tim]

Guido Leisker:
>> [freigabe]
>>  path=/
>>    .
>>    .
>> works fine until I want to change the working dir to /home. 
>> Thats nor allowed. I cant understand that, unix right to r and x are
>> give to all (including "other").
>> Who is restricting this cd?


Jim Cornette:
> There is SELinux settings which seem to interfere with a working SAMBA 
> server. Try system-config-securitylevel or whatever the German command 
> for the program is. The settings should be under the SELinux tab for the 
> program. There is a caret ( the > sign) that you can expand and set for 
> allowing home directory access, disabling SELinux for different 
> protocols and similar tasks.

Before disabling it, first try configuring SELinux to suit your needs.
There are various SELinux options specifically related to home
directories.

SELinux adds restrictions on top of the Unix permissions.

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