[nflug] Samba Authentication & User Accounts

[Cyber Source]

I'm just gonna throw out a few things here to hopefully help and get you 
on your way.
1. A unix account does not need a home and also does not need login 
(shell) access. I've never used the commands or gui to do so, I usually 
just edit /etc/passwd and in there you can blank the home and set the 
login shell to say /sbin/nologin. Poke around in the man pages or use 
some gui to set.
2. As far as the groups go, I usually edit /etc/groups but again, you 
can use guis or commands. The groups are up to you. Just always 
remember, the samba permissions can and will NEVER override the unix 
permissions.
3. With the unix accounts created, you can use "smbpasswd -a username" 
to add them to samba. Read the man on smbpasswd.
Hope this helps get you started.

Robert Wolfe wrote:
> Hi all!
>
> I am in the process of implementing a Samba solution to replace our aging 
> Windows 2000 Server file server (for more space, reliability and backup 
> purposes).  However, on of the design specifications is that the users should 
> not have any shell access to the machine, nor must they have user home 
> directories.  How would I begin to go about setting up the Samba server in 
> this manner and how would I need to go about controlling which people are in 
> what groups and what groups have access to what folders?
>
> Any help or a starting point on this would be greatly appreciated.
>