Re: [cobalt-users] QUBE2 Add Admin to group x?

["LinuxMan" <linuxman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Malcolm,

I will try this. But will it still restrict FTP users from seeing other
directories and only allow SMB users to see all directories?

Thanks,
Fred

----- Original Message -----
From: Malcolm McLeary <mmcleary@xxxxxxx>
To: LinuxMan <linuxman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2000 2:20 AM
Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] QUBE2 Add Admin to group x?


> Hi Fred,
>
> on 7/6/00 8:06 AM, LinuxMan at linuxman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> > I need to be able to add admin (or root for that matter) to the httpd
group
> > that owns the private user home directories. Does anyone know how to do
> > that?
>
> Are you planning to access the user directories via SMB?
>
> If so, an easier method is to edit smb.conf to add a share point for
> /home/users and give only admin access.
>
> Then add a line [global] section;
>
>     admin users = admin
>
> This will give the user "admin" effectively root access to all SMB shares
so
> be careful what you do.
>
> I do this so I can use Retrospect to backup the users directories.
>
> Cheers,  Malcolm
>
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