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| **Extra options:** This field presents home and small business administrators with some interesting options for share administration. For example, in the upper half of this Samba dialog box, there is the option for **Read only**. In a Samba share, the **Read only switch** will further restrict the group **users** to **read only** access, even if the Shared Folder below allows **write** access.\\ | **Extra options:** This field presents home and small business administrators with some interesting options for share administration. For example, in the upper half of this Samba dialog box, there is the option for **Read only**. In a Samba share, the **Read only switch** will further restrict the group **users** to **read only** access, even if the Shared Folder below allows **write** access.\\ |
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| However a “**write list**” will allow an administrator to selectively bypass the Samba **Read only** switch. In this case if the statement **''write list=Fred''** is added to the **Extra Options** field, the user **Fred** will have **write** access while the rest of the group **users** will still be restricted to **Read only**, enforced by Samba's **Read only switch**.\\ | However a “**write list**” will allow an administrator to selectively bypass the Samba **Read only** switch. In this case if the statement **''write list=Fred''** is added to the **Extra Options** field, the user **Fred** will have **write** access while the rest of the Group **users** will still be restricted to **Read only**, enforced by Samba's **Read only switch**.\\ |
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| The same could be done for the entire users group with **''write list=@users''** | The same could be done for the Group **users** with **''write list=@users''** |
| Adding this statement would allow the entire users group, over the network, **write** access while restricting **Others** with the **Read only switch**.\\ | Adding this statement would allow the entire Group **users**, **write** access while restricting **Others** with the **Read only switch**.\\ |
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| * In the Shared Folder, the group **users** have **write**. This is necessary so that **Fred**, who is the family server administrator, can **write** to the share. | * In the Shared Folder, the group **users** have **write**. This is necessary so that **Fred**, who is the family server administrator, can **write** to the share from his client. |
| * Samba Public access is set to **Guests allowed** which works with the Shared Folder permission **Others: Read** These permissions and Samba settings will allow visitors **read** access to media shares such as music or movies. | * Samba Public access is set to **Guests allowed** which works with the Shared Folder permission **Others: Read** These permissions and Samba settings will allow visitors **read** access to media shares such as music or movies. |
| * **Read Only is ON**. This will further restrict the Group users down from **Write** to **Read only** access. With young children accessing a share, **Read only** is a good idea to prevent the possibility of an accidental deletion of media files. | * **Read Only is ON**. This will further restrict the Group users down from **Write** to **Read only** access. With young children accessing a share, **Read only** is a good idea to prevent the possibility of an accidental deletion of media files. |
| * The Samba **''write list''** bypasses the Samba **Read Only** setting for one user, allowing **Fred** to **write** to the share for admin purposes.\\ | * The Samba **''write list''** bypasses the Samba **Read Only** setting for one user, allowing **Fred** to **write** to the share for admin purposes.\\ |
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| === A Group Share === | === A Group Share === |