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selinux and samba - Apparently I just don't get it

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http://forums.fedoraforum.org – I've successfully shared some family photos on my server (Fedora 17) using Samba. This share works perfectly provided SeLinux is set to permissive. My wife can access the whole photos directory tree from her XP computer. However, the minute I set SeLinux to enforcing her access disappears. So I set out Googling and have found several sites that explain how to allow access to a Samba share with SeLinux set to enforcing. The few sites that I have read tell me to do pretty much the same thing. The Samba shared folder path is as follows: /mnt/disk2/freeagent_backup/photos/ So ... PHP Code: (HowTos)

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Submitted by sine on 12/31/2012

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