Looks like I have most everything in Suse working for Windows Shares. When I go to a Windows network I can see the share. Problem is that it is asking for a user name and password. From the Windows side, I have tried typing in the share with a backslash and my user name then my password that I normally get into Suse with.
Unfortunately Windows reutrns the fact I am unable to log on. Exactly where do I set up the users which can sign on to the Samba Share?
You have first to create the users in the Linux system then you must run as root this command for each user
smbpasswd -a user1
smbpasswd -a user2
etc…
in the samba share add the following
valid users = user1 user2
this is for security you can also set the users to read only
read list = user1 user2
if you have problem with right the easy way to solve that is adding
force user = user1
where user1 is the owner of the folder.
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bookmark this site, it is very usefull to understand how this works and there are several examples for different scenarios.
welcome to the forum
Easgs …
Tnx, it’s hard teaching an old dog new tricks. I’ve sat up and begged Windows for a long time. Now I need to learn to Bark for Suse.
"in the samba share add the following
valid users = user1 user2"
Do you mean in the Yast2 Samba Config, Shares Tab? If so, which available share line do I edit?
Just for additional background for us to better advise you, could you post the contents of the samba config file smb.conf (located at /etc/samba/smb.conf).
you have two options do it directly in the smb.conf file which is located at /etc/samba and edited, what I do is open a file manager as root browse to the file and open it with kwrite, once the file is open search the share you want to edit and add the lines.
In yast open samba server shares tab select the share and edit it you will have to add the valid users and add the users in the text box.
The secret here is to know what each option do in the samba file
Basic.
valid users: list of permited users in the specific share
write list: list of users that have read and write rights in the share
read list: list of users that have only read acces to the share
force user: once connected the user will act as if he is this user.
guest ok = no: no guest allowed
this is an example of how the share may looks like in the smb.conf file.
[sharedfilesname]
path=/home/easgs/sharedfolder
read list =a, b, c
write list =d, e, f
force user=e
guest ok = no
valid users= a, b, c, d, e, f