Trying to set up a proper Samba directory structure

[iselfe]

Trying to set up a proper Samba directory structure
Hi all, first time poster long time reader.

Here is my set-up:

I'm running samba version Version 3.0.33. My smb.conf file looks like this -- names have been omitted to protect the innocent.


[global]
workgroup = workgroup
netbios name = smbserver
security = user
load printers = No
default service = global
path = /share
username map = /etc/samba/smbusers
[share]
writeable = yes
admin users = user1 user2
path = /share/share
force user = root
valid users = user1 user2
public = yes
; available = yes
[user1]
writeable = yes
admin users = user1
path = /share/users/user1
force user = root
valid users = user1
public = yes
; available = yes
[user2]
writeable = yes
admin users = user2
path = /share/users/user2
force user = root
valid users = user
public = yes
; available = yes

The problem is this... When I first log into the smbserver, I see 3 things; share, user1, user2. What I want to see is share and users and make that users directory split off into all my named users. It's these directories (share/users/user1, share/users/user2, etc....) that I want to see in my directory structure when I log in. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[zombykillah]

I don't know if that is what you are looking for ...
But you don't need to set an share for every user.

An example would be:

[home]
comment = Homedrive
path = /share/users/%U
read only = No
create mask = 0644
directory mask = 0775
browseable = Yes

This should create an share called home
Depending on the user name the share will show a different directory.
If you call the share [homes] the share should be shown as the user-name.

[iselfe]

That looks like it will work for all my users. I still have the problem of ever single user appears when I first open up the smbserver on a network. I see a list of
share
user1
user2
user3
etc.....

How do i configure samba so that instead I see
share
users

and under users I have all my user accounts?

[zombykillah]

[global]
workgroup = workgroup
netbios name = smbserver
security = user
load printers = No
default service = global
path = /share
username map = /etc/samba/smbusers
[share]
writeable = yes
admin users = user1 user2
path = /share/share
force user = root
valid users = user1 user2
public = yes
; available = yes
[user]
writeable = yes
path = /share/users
force user = root
public = yes
; available = yes
create mask = 0600
directory mask = 0700

?!
You can set the user-rights in the file-system.
# chmod -R 700 /share/users/
# chmod 744 /share/users