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Creating a samba share where everyone has write access
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I have an Ubuntu server in my house running samba. I'm trying to set up a samba share where everyone has read and write access. I have all the users in a 'sambashare' unix group and want to offer the directory /data/shared to all members of the 'sambashare' group for read and write access. Ideally …
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In smb.conf, in the shared directory section, place: Initially, use permission on all directories and chown them for the sambashare group. The s bit will keep the group of the files created the same as the directory group (and 2777 will take care of…
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