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This manual describes how to create file server, where users from can access their files with samba client and FTP server, (from windows too). In this example there are two users, testa and testu. User testa can read and write in admin (FTP only) and public directories. User testu can read and write in the public directory and can read admin directory.

• FreeBSD 7.2
• VsFTP
• Samba Server

Let's Start

1. Create Users and Directories

   1. Create Users and answer all questions

      Type in terminal

      adduser testa
...
adduser testu

      File /etc /passwd should be like this

      testu:*:1004:1002:testu:/home/testu:/usr/sbin/nologin
testa:*:1005:1003:teata:/home/testa:/usr/sbin/nologin

      Create groups named 'all' and 'admin' and edit /etc/group file like this

      all:*:1002:testa
admin:*:1003:
   2. Create Directories mkdir /files
mkdir /files/admin //Administrative access ex. for user testa
mkdir /files/public //Public access ex. for user testu etc.
   3. Set permissions like this files# ls -all /
dr-xr-xr-x 4 admin admin 512 Sep 18 13:11 files files# ls -all /files/
drwxrwxr-x 3 admin admin 512 Oct 6 12:29 admin
drwxrwxr-x 5 all all 512 Oct 6 12:43 public etc.

2. Install vsftp FTP Server

   1. Edit Config File mcedit /usr/local/etc/vsftpd.conf
   2. Edit and add in vsftpd.conf local_umask=0002
local_root=/files
   3. Restart FTP Server /usr/local/etc/rc.d/vsftpd restart

3. Install Samba Server

   1. Edit Config File mcedit /usr/local/etc/smb.conf
   2. Add hosts allow = 192.168.0. 127.

[admin]
   comment = Admin Files
   path = /files/admin
   public = yes
   writeable = no
   read only = yes
[public]
   comment = Public Files
   path = /files/public
   directory mask = 0775
   create mask = 0664
   force group = all
   force user = all
   public = yes
   writeable = yes
   read only = no
   3. Restart Samba Server /usr/local/etc/rc.d/samba restart

If you need to add users who have administrator's access (for access /files/*) you need to add username into /etc/group after all:*:1002:testa, another_user. In this example user testa can create delete and read in /files/*, user testu only in /files/public/*