Samba/cifs shares on Linux

Question

I'm trying to setup 2 samba shares (actual Linux permissions on them are 777):

1. Volume_1 (cifs username is firstUser)
2. Volume_1/someSubDir (cifs username is secondUser)

I get this error when second user tries to access Volume_1/someSubDir:

mount error(13): Permission denied

Is this how samba supposed to work?

Does secondUser username has to be added to Volume_1 access list also?

Is there a way to give all users access to Volume_1 and restrict access to Volume_1/someSubDir?

works:

sudo mount -t cifs -o username=firstUser,password=firstUserPassword,_netdev,noatime //192.168.10.199/Volume_1 /media/Volume_1

Doesn't:

sudo mount -t cifs -o username=secondUser,password=secondUserPassword,_netdev,noatime //192.168.10.199/Volume_1/someSubDir /media/someSubDir

Answer 1

Samba share names are not related to the shared directory's path, and they always are a single path component.

When you mount //server/Volume_1/someSubDir, the share name is Volume_1, and /someSubDir is merely a subdirectory in that share.

If you want to use different permissions for someSubDir, you will have to pick a different share name, for example, "Volume_1 subdir".

Answer 2

Did you use smbpasswd to set the Samba password for those users?