[plug] Accessing multiple Samba shares

[Paul Baumgarten]

>
>Thank you. I yanked out the shares for USER1 and USER2 and stayed with
[homes].
>
>I always logon to the NT system as the administrator. However, I would like
to access all the
>user's home directories on Linux system. That would allow me to do backups.
Under the
>current setup, I can only see the directory of the person as I logon.
>
>Any suggestions, if this can be done?
>


You may only be able to "see" the directory of the person you logon as but
should be able to access all the other relevant shares by using the
"Start/Run" dialouge box and typing in "\\YourSambaBox\User1" or whatever.

The reason you can not see the all the other existing shares is you have
[homes]
browsable=no

Turn browsable on to be able to see all relevant shares

As a side point... security... i would strongly suggest adding to your
[homes] definitions something like:

valid users = %S administrator

otherwise even though the shares may not be visible any tom, dick and harry
can access anyone elses home share using the aforementioned technique.

(My disclaimer... if the suggestion of typing in the server and share name
directly into a run command doesn't work it is would be due to some quirk
related to you using NT as your authentication server... I'm using linux
samba to do my domain logins as well as my homes shares and stuff.)

Cheers

Paul Baumgarten (email: paul at kcc.wa.edu.au)
Information Systems Manager
Kingsway Christian College
157 Kingsway, Landsdale, WA, 6065
Ph: +61 8 9409 7078
Fx: +61 8 9409 6179