Samba question

[xseven7]

hello,

Im setting atm samba in my home netzwerk up and I thot i share you my config and you give me some insight:

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[pi]
comment = pi home folder
path = /home/pi
browseable = yes
create mask = 0777
directory mask = 0777
writeable = yes
guest ok = no

[downloads]
comment = downloads
path = /home/filesharer/downloads
valid users = filesharer
create mask = 0777
directory mask = 0777
writeable = yes
guest ok  = no


[homes]
 comment = Home Directories
 browsable = no
 read only = no
 create mode = 077

So now Ive got some questions, what would be the right config that ALL home directorys are shown?

right now it only shows me the home directory of the user "filesharer" so i had to add

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[pi]
comment = pi home folder
path = /home/pi
browseable = yes
create mask = 0777
directory mask = 0777
writeable = yes
guest ok = no

to show also the pi home folder. I need all rights also in those folders so ive set " create mode = 077"

Also whats the difference between public and browseable? i couldn't really find it, either way if i have public / browseable set yes it shows those folders under networks.

Also

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valid users = filesharer

lets me decide who can browse and stuff, sorta in sshd config? rest gets blocked?


Any tips, improvement?

[mardybear]

Also whats the difference between public and browseable? i couldn't really find it

public

This parameter is a synonym for guest ok.

guest ok (S)

If this parameter is yes for a service, then no password is required to connect to the service. Privileges will be those of the guest account.

This parameter nullifies the benefits of setting restrict anonymous = 2

See the section below on security for more information about this option.

Default: guest ok = no

This controls whether this share is seen in the list of available shares in a net view and in the browse list.

Default: browseable = yes

The information is freely available but the google search time will cost ya 5 bucks per query.

Source: http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/man ... onf.5.html

[xseven7]

Thanks-

Let's say I add this to my config;

valid users = @users

The group "users" must exist on my system or is a samba group itself?