Control Samba access via group rights

1. Adding and Managing user

groupadd acctg
useradd acct_user1 -m -s /bin/bash -G acctg
passwd acct_user1

smbpasswd -a acct_user1

existing user change

usermod -s /bin/bash

change .bashrc
smbpasswd


2. Adding Samba share - grouping

sudo mkdir -p /home/shares/acctg

sudo chown -R root:acctg /home/shares/acctg

#to share all user to access certain directory
sudo chmod -R ug+rw,o+rx-w /home/shares/allusers

3. Edit smb.conf - to add share

[acctg]
comment = Accounting Foldoers
path = /home/shares/acctg
valid users = @acctg
force group = acctg
create mask = 0660
directory mask = 0771
writable = yes


5. Sometimes vista OS have problem accessing Samba share edit registry
HKLM->System/CurrentControlset/control/LSA -> LMCombatibilitylevel = 3 to 1