I'm using Samba to create protected shares on Ubuntu Server that should be accessible by Windows computers. It does prompt me for a user name & password but one login grants access to all files, even those made for other users. What am I doing wrong here?
So basically
su cd mkdir /files mkdir /files/user1 mkdir /files/user2 mkdir /files/user3 chmod 777 /files/user1 chmod 777 /files/user2 chmod 777 /files/user3 vi /etc/samba/smb.conf Under [global] I add:
security = user wins support = yes name resolve order = lmhosts host wins bcast At the bottom:
[User1's files] comment = User1's Files path = /files/user1 browseable = yes read only = no valid user = user1 [User2's files] comment = User2's Files path = /files/user2 browseable = yes read only = no valid user = user2 And the same for user 3.
shutdown -r now Now on the Windows PC logged in as user1 I try to access user2. It prompts me for a username & password. I enter the details for user1 and it grants me access, but it shouldn't do. It then also grants me access to user3. What am I doing wrong?
I tried adding
force user = user1 create mask = 0640 directory mask = 0750 but this didn't help.
The user accounts are on both Windows & the server.
1 Answer
You can try the invalid user option on each share, or consider exporting their home folders.
Are you using a single Windows computer with multiple users?
- change world permissions - chmod 0770
- change the ownership of users sub-folder - chown user:*
useful links:
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