Help with home folder scenario

[NJBC]

Hi
Please help
I have got the following setup for my HOME Directory

/mnt/MyPool/HomeUsers/Parent
/mnt/MyPool/HomeUsers/Child1
/mnt/MyPool/HomeUsers/Child2
/mnt/MyPool/HomeUsers/Child3

I can log in from my windows machine and have access to my own folder.
For example, if I log in as Parent, i have access to /mnt/MyPool/HomeUsers/Parent
If I log in as Child1, I have access to /mnt/MyPool/HomeUsers/Child1

Question: I want to log in as Parent from a Windows machine and have access to all the folders above using Windows File Explorer. Can this be done, and how?

Thanks

 

[anodos]

Hi
Please help
I have got the following setup for my HOME Directory

/mnt/MyPool/HomeUsers/Parent
/mnt/MyPool/HomeUsers/Child1
/mnt/MyPool/HomeUsers/Child2
/mnt/MyPool/HomeUsers/Child3

I can log in from my windows machine and have access to my own folder.
For example, if I log in as Parent, i have access to /mnt/MyPool/HomeUsers/Parent
If I log in as Child1, I have access to /mnt/MyPool/HomeUsers/Child1

Question: I want to log in as Parent from a Windows machine and have access to all the folders above using Windows File Explorer. Can this be done, and how?

Thanks

Create a second share with the path /mnt/MyPool/HomeUsers.

 

[NJBC]

Create a second share with the path /mnt/MyPool/HomeUsers.

Thanks for the quick reply Anodos.
Your suggestion does not work. When I click a second share with the same path, both the shares inherit the same User and Group settings. This is, i believe, on account of the 2 shares referring to the same path?

Any other settings i need to tweak? please?

Thanks

 

[anodos]

Thanks for the quick reply Anodos.
Your suggestion does not work. When I click a second share with the same path, both the shares inherit the same User and Group settings. This is, i believe, on account of the 2 shares referring to the same path?

Any other settings i need to tweak? please?

Thanks

No. It works. You just need to be careful to adjust permissions so that your admin group has access to /mnt/MyPool/HomeUsers. In 11.3 you can do this simply by creating an SMB admins group, selecting it in the dropdown for administrators group in Services->SMB. Once you do this, edit the ACL on HomeUsers and select the "HOME" template.

 

[NJBC]

No. It works. You just need to be careful to adjust permissions so that your admin group has access to /mnt/MyPool/HomeUsers. In 11.3 you can do this simply by creating an SMB admins group, selecting it in the dropdown for administrators group in Services->SMB. Once you do this, edit the ACL on HomeUsers and select the "HOME" template.

sorry to be a pain mate. i did as you suggested, but now Parent can see ALL folders and Child1 can also see all folders. What am i doing wrong? I have stopped and restarted the SMB service as well, but no luck

 

[anodos]

Post output of following:
getfacl /mnt/MyPool/HomeUsers
getfacl /mnt/MyPool/HomeUsers/Parent
getfacl /mnt/MyPool/HomeUsers/Child1

 

[NJBC]

Post output of following:
getfacl /mnt/MyPool/HomeUsers
getfacl /mnt/MyPool/HomeUsers/Parent
getfacl /mnt/MyPool/HomeUsers/Child1

Anodos, you bloody genius :) I reinstalled FreeNAS and did as you suggested ... worked a treat. I created the SMB admins group ... wasn't even aware that that piece of functionality existed
I was pulling my hair out for almost 3 days prior to your assistance!. THANKS!!
:)