Groups in smb.conf

[Mike Auleta]

I am experiencing an issue with group names in our smb.conf file. Some
of our groups are so large that they have been broken up into
"sub-groups" with the same group id. If I only put the primary group
name in the smb.conf, then only users in that primary group can map the
file system. If I put the primary and all of it's sub-groups in, all
members of the group can map the drive. Our admin scripts will create
the sub-groups on the fly if the group is getting too large. Can I use
the gid instead of the group name to set permissions on the share?

Mike

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[Tozz]

HI

> I am experiencing an issue with group names in our smb.conf file. Some
> of our groups are so large that they have been broken up into
> "sub-groups" with the same group id. If I only put the primary group
> name in the smb.conf, then only users in that primary group can map the
> file system. If I put the primary and all of it's sub-groups in, all
> members of the group can map the drive. Our admin scripts will create
> the sub-groups on the fly if the group is getting too large. Can I use
> the gid instead of the group name to set permissions on the share?

If you're using:

valid users = @group

I suppose you can use:

valid users = @maingroup @subgroup1 @subgroup2 etc etc

Bye
Tozz

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