Tim Jabaut wrote:
>
> I know that I can login as Admin and be able to access the
> Primary Share, but what I am trying to figure out is why I
> cannot access this share using another user.
>
> I have tried to modify the smb.conf file commenting out the
> the chmod syntax, chown'd the directory itself, played with
> custominzing the smb.conf template files all to no avail.
>
> It may be a simple answer to login as admin for a Win9x box
> but on an NT Box where all of the development tools have
> already been installed under a different user account, it
> would prove not to be advantageous to login as another user.
The 'primary' i-bay is currently restricted to the admin user, but we are exploring ways to unify it with the other i-bay management. This turns out to be non-trivial, because we then need to define simple and clear ways that we can assign i-bays to each website, including the 'primary', and we also need to be able to assign other i-bays as sub-levels of each virtual domain web site.
> Please assist in helping me to understand why I cannot
> change/add another user to the group that can modify the
> Primary Share.
You are experiencing some of the growing pains of the e-smith design. Earlier version did not support groups, or multiple virtual domains, and the restriction of only the admin user being able to update "the web site" was not a problem.
> I feel that you have a superior product and I
> am trying to evaluate it with the purpose of rolling it out
> to several clients, but I need to be able to make it do what
> I want it to.
As an immediate workaround, I'd suggest that you set up a group restricted i-bay that your web developers use as a staging area, and you then have "admin" copy the site over. Another option that you have is to change the configured domain name, and then set up a virtual domain tied to a group restricted i-bay as the web site for your real domain.
As you are rolling this out to clients, I'd like to draw your attention to the e-smith partners program, which you can read about on
http://partners.e-smith.com/. Joining this program will give you priority technical support and many other benefits, including the knowledge that you are assisting the continued development of the e-smith software, for the shared benefit of us, you and your clients.
Regards
Charlie