[GLLUG] Ubuntu 24.04 changes to Public

[Marco van Beek]

Yep. We use /srv and create a folder called "shares" and put all of the 
samba shares in there. Then permission can be set without worrying about 
compromising anywhere else.

Cheers,

Marco

On 08/12/2024 12:21, James Dutton via GLLUG wrote:
> Hi,
>
> It is sometimes safer to set up a separate location for file sharing
> that is not in your home directory tree. This is because you need to
> then give people access to read your home folder, in order to read the
> Public folder within it.
> Maybe /home/shared
> and then use SMB/CIFS/NFS to share it.
> You will have a safer set of permissions you can set on it.
> That being said, including the output of what John W asks for will
> probably help solve your problem.
>
> Kind Regards
>
> James
>
>
>
> On Fri, 6 Dec 2024 at 08:57, Andrew Black via GLLUG
> <gllug at mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:
>> I am trying to share files in ~/Public and am finding something has changed in file permissions.
>>
>> I am unable to list the ~lesley/Public
>> I am unable to execute files set as +x  with this directory
>>
>> Something seems to have changed between Ubuntu 18.04 and 24.04.
>> Any hints
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