| Question:
How to password a folder on the DCserver? |
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Quick tutorial on how to password a folder on the DCserver.
The DCServer uses Samba to allow other machines to read/write file/printer shares via SMB/CIFS. This allows windows machines to via the share via //dcserver/share or through "My Network".
In /etc/smb.conf edit the share named and put
valid users = rene, mfu
(make sure that public = no)
Example -
[www.dclabs]
comment = dclabs.com.au Web Page
path = /home/httpd/dclabs.com.au
public = no
only guest = no
writable = yes
printable = no
force user = webmaster
force group = webmaster
write list = @webmaster
valid users = rene, mfu
You have to make sure these users exist in /etc/smbpasswd or have an user alias in /etc/smbusers.
To add a username to the smbpasswd database use
smbpasswd -a rene
Once this is done, restart samba
/etc/rc.d/init.d/smb restart
We are working on a Windows graphical interface to all of these functions on the DCServer, so users dont have to use the arcane programs such as vi.
Stay tuned.
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