Subject: ubuntu changes for smb.conf + Add "(Samba, Ubuntu)" to server string. + Comment out the default [homes] share, and add a comment about "valid users = %s" to show users how to restrict access to \\server\username to only username. * Comment out "read only = yes" for a few standard shares. diff --git a/debian/smb.conf b/debian/smb.conf index 37fafb27398..385197abee9 100644 --- a/debian/smb.conf +++ b/debian/smb.conf @@ -30,2 +30,5 @@ +# server string is the equivalent of the NT Description field + server string = %h server (Samba, Ubuntu) + #### Networking #### @@ -168,5 +171,8 @@ -[homes] - comment = Home Directories - browseable = no +# Un-comment the following (and tweak the other settings below to suit) +# to enable the default home directory shares. This will share each +# user's home directory as \\server\username +;[homes] +; comment = Home Directories +; browseable = no @@ -174,3 +180,3 @@ # next parameter to 'no' if you want to be able to write to them. - read only = yes +; read only = yes @@ -178,3 +184,3 @@ # create files with group=rw permissions, set next parameter to 0775. - create mask = 0700 +; create mask = 0700 @@ -182,3 +188,3 @@ # create dirs. with group=rw permissions, set next parameter to 0775. - directory mask = 0700 +; directory mask = 0700 @@ -186,6 +192,6 @@ # with access to the samba server. -# The following parameter makes sure that only "username" can connect -# to \\server\username +# Un-comment the following parameter to make sure that only "username" +# can connect to \\server\username # This might need tweaking when using external authentication schemes - valid users = %S +; valid users = %S