Hide a samba share from a custom usergroup

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In Linux, I have 2 usergroups A and B with a bunch of users in them, for both of them I have configured a few samba shares. Group A has access to a share, B to another one.

Now I want to hide shares that groups don't have access to, from those users.

In smb.conf, by using browseable = no , and include = /etc/samba/custom/%U.conf, you can hide certain shares that users don't have access to. For user groups however (no primary group), I can't seem to get it fixed. Include = /etc/samba/custom/%G.conf only works for a primary usergroup.

Is there another solution besides changing primary usergroup each time I create a linux/samba user ?

Thanks

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1 Answers

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Check out this detailed answer by a friend of mine http://askubuntu.com/a/531476/330840

The key here is that you need to set permission for user groups so they are allowed or not allowed to enter a folder.