[LBo] Samba - Lets Dance

[Jisao]

Stefan Waidele wrote:
> Jisao schrieb:
>> I re-read the page, and I wonder how the [home] section works for 
>> sharing one directory or one file only from one Linux computer to the 
>> rest of the network.
>
> Not at all.
>
> [homes] (mind the 's')is designed as a shorcut to share ALL 
> home-directories with the network. (Permissions are checked on a 
> per-directory/per-file basis anyway)
>
> [homes] is not for sharing single directories.
>
>> For instance, if I wish to share a file from the user Dude.  The file 
>> /home/dude/FAH/unitinfo.txt on a Linux computer in a home network 
>> would be read by a Windows user called >ifoldathome< on another 
>> computer in the same network .
>
> You would need to add a share like the following:
>
> [ifolathome]
>         comment = Saving the world, one protein at a time...
>         path = /home/dude/FAH/
>         read only = Yes
>
>
> Is that what you wanted?
>
> Stefan
Yes, it took some working (I am new at Samba) but it did work.  Thank you.

Jisao