smb not mounting share for specific user (SOLVED)

[redhatdude at bellsouth.net]

-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Craig White <craigwhite at azapple.com>
>
> On Mon, 2008-07-07 at 19:34 +0000, redhatdude at bellsouth.net wrote:
> > 
> > -------------- Original message ----------------------
> > From: redhatdude at bellsouth.net
> > >
> > > Hello,
> I added a user with useradd. Then added the user to smb with smbpasswd -a. 
> Then 
> > > restarted smb.
> > Now, I can mount the samba share using my user name. However, when I try to 
> > mount the share with the newly created user, even though I log in and smb 
> > > accepts the user and password, it gives me the following error:
> > > The volume "Storage" could not be mounted
> > > Anybody knows what the issue is here?
> > > Thanks,
> > > EJ
> > > 
> > I forgot to add the user to the valid user of the share.
> ----
> 1. it is more useful to use 'groups' instead of users...
> 
> You can set the group ownership of the share and folders inside...
>    i.e. image /home/samba/files is a file share for samba users
>    chgrp samba_users /home/samba/files -R
>    chmod g+w,g+w /home/samba/files -R
>    add @samba_users to share (valid users = @samba_users)
> 
> now all files and folders are owned by 'samba_users' group and all new
> files and folders will likewise be owned by 'samba_users' group
> 
> 2. You don't need to restart samba after changes to smb.conf as the
> configuration file is reloaded automatically every minute (I think), but
> if it makes you feel better to restart samba service...by all means.
> 
> Craig

Maybe a dumb question. Do I need to create a new group in the system with groupadd samba_users?
Thanks a lot.
EJ