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Special Forums UNIX and Linux Applications Copy numerous private Samba-shares as one user. (Syntax question) Post 302557772 by primaxx on Thursday 22nd of September 2011 05:15:59 AM
Old 09-22-2011
Copy numerous private Samba-shares as one user. (Syntax question)

Hello Forum,

I was overwhelmed by how fast and correct the responses to my first question in this forum was, and I hope I expreience this again today.

The reason is that I have to copy a fileserver (Ubuntu 8.04 32 with Samba) to another server via Internet within tomorrow. I have no problem with the shared (Samba)folders, but are struggling with the private ones.

And my question is quite simple:
When adding users to the Samba-server i follow this procedure:
  • Create a user in Linux and add password to user.
  • Create user in Samba and add same password.
  • Edit /etc/samba/smb.conf by adding the new username to the shared folders.
I have configured Samba to, in this process, also create a private share for each linux-user one the server. This is done by the following "code" in /etc/samba/smb.conf:
Code:
[profiles]
     browsable = no
     writable = yes
     path = /home/private/profiles
     guest ok = no
     comment = User Profiles
     valid users = %u
     create mode = 0600
     browsable = no
     directory mode = 0700

How do I add myself as one of the valid users? (By doing that I hope to be able to copy every folder in one batch.)
I can of course go around the problem by allowing guests, but I don't want to if I don't have to.

I appreciate any response here.

Rgrds,
Primaxx
 

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SMBGET(1)							   User Commands							 SMBGET(1)

NAME
smbget - wget-like utility for download files over SMB SYNOPSIS
smbget [-a, --guest] [-r, --resume] [-R, --recursive] [-u, --username=STRING] [-p, --password=STRING] [-w, --workgroup=STRING] [-n, --nonprompt] [-d, --debuglevel=INT] [-D, --dots] [-P, --keep-permissions] [-o, --outputfile] [-f, --rcfile] [-q, --quiet] [-v, --verbose] [-b, --blocksize] [-O, --stdout] [-?, --help] [--usage] {smb://host/share/path/to/file} [smb://url2/] [...] DESCRIPTION
This tool is part of the samba(7) suite. smbget is a simple utility with wget-like semantics, that can download files from SMB servers. You can specify the files you would like to download on the command-line. The files should be in the smb-URL standard, e.g. use smb://host/share/file for the UNC path \\HOST\SHARE\file. OPTIONS
-a, --guest Work as user guest -r, --resume Automatically resume aborted files -R, --recursive Recursively download files -u, --username=STRING Username to use -p, --password=STRING Password to use -w, --workgroup=STRING Workgroup to use (optional) -n, --nonprompt Don't ask anything (non-interactive) -d, --debuglevel=INT Debuglevel to use -D, --dots Show dots as progress indication -P, --keep-permissions Set same permissions on local file as are set on remote file. -o, --outputfile Write the file that is being downloaded to the specified file. Can not be used together with -R. -O, --stdout Write the file that is being downloaded to standard output. -f, --rcfile Use specified rcfile. This will be loaded in the order it was specified - e.g. if you specify any options before this one, they might get overriden by the contents of the rcfile. -q, --quiet Be quiet -v, --verbose Be verbose -b, --blocksize Number of bytes to download in a block. Defaults to 64000. -?, --help Show help message --usage Display brief usage message SMB URLS
SMB URL's should be specified in the following format: smb://[[[domain;]user[:password@]]server[/share[/path[/file]]]] smb:// means all the workgroups smb://name/ means, if name is a workgroup, all the servers in this workgroup, or if name is a server, all the shares on this server. EXAMPLES
# Recursively download 'src' directory smbget -R smb://rhonwyn/jelmer/src # Download FreeBSD ISO and enable resuming smbget -r smb://rhonwyn/isos/FreeBSD5.1.iso # Recursively download all ISOs smbget -Rr smb://rhonwyn/isos # Backup my data on rhonwyn smbget -Rr smb://rhonwyn/ BUGS
Permission denied is returned in some cases where the cause of the error is unknown (such as an illegally formatted smb:// url or trying to get a directory without -R turned on). VERSION
This man page is correct for version 3 of the Samba suite. AUTHOR
The original Samba software and related utilities were created by Andrew Tridgell. Samba is now developed by the Samba Team as an Open Source project similar to the way the Linux kernel is developed. The smbget manpage was written by Jelmer Vernooij. Samba 3.5 06/18/2010 SMBGET(1)
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