title: Samba Share Permissions Issue - Public share with file-stystem permissions only
body: <p>I'm trying to create a Samba share on a Linux (SLES10) system, but I'm having trouble with the Samba permissions.  I want to create this as a public share, with file permissions controlled at the file-system level (so all users can map the drive, but they can only browse further if they have further file-system permissons).</p>
  
  <p>I've been able to create the share, and map to it with any user.  The problem is that I only seem able to obtain sufficient permissions if I login as "root".  If I login with another user, even if they have permissions to read and write to the underlying folder, I cannot browse that any folders at all.</p>
  
  <p>Here is the share information from /etc/samba/smb.conf:</p>
  
  <pre><code>[sambatest]
          comment = Samba Test
          public = yes
          path = /var/opt/folder
          read only = No
          writeable = Yes
          write list = user1 user2 user3
          browseable = Yes
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Here is an example of the directory permissions in the shared folder:</p>
  
  <pre><code>drwxrwxr-x  5 user1 group1   40 Nov  4 17:02 .
  drwxr-xr-x 11 user1 group1 4096 Oct 20 09:20 ..
  drwxrwx---  4 user1 group1   41 Nov  4 17:02 BASE
  drwxrwx---  6 user1 group1   78 Oct 28 10:11 Files
  drwxrwx---  2 user1 group1   22 Nov  4 17:02 test
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>After the mapping the drive with the credentials of "user1", I try to browse "test" from Windows XP, but get a message "Z:\test is not accessible: Access is denied".</p>
  
  <p>If I map the same shared folder using the "root" credentials, it works.</p>
  
  <p>Little help?  I'm sure I've come across this before, but can't figure out how to fix it...</p>