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Description of problem: When I use system-config-samba, I find that clients are not allowed access to home directory shares. It turns out that SELinux must be notified separately with the command "setsebool -P samba_emable_home_dirs 1". Since SELinux appears to be enabled by default, I think that system-config-samba should either (a) automatically configure samba_emable_home_dirs, or (b) at least warn you that you have to do this. Any user not familiar with this will have a hard time figuring out what was going on. I was just lucky to see someone mention SELinux and find the SELinux troubleshooter program, which told me how to fix the problem. I'm usually pretty good with googling stuff, but I didn't know the terminology well enough and went around in circles. More novice users will be stymied completely. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): system-config-samba doesn't appear to have a "-v" or "--version" option. Yum says this: Name : system-config-samba Arch : noarch Version : 1.2.92 Release : 1.fc15 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Use system-config-samba to export home shares 2. Don't realize that you have to configure SELinux separately 3. Actual results: Total confusion Expected results: More user-friendliness Additional info:
Nils this is a good idea to at least throw a flag that seLinux needs to be changed. Better would be to have it done automatically, But I do see some serious security issues doing that way since automating the system may open holes unexpectedly!
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I have no idea if this has been fixed, because I haven't tried Fedora 16. If it hasn't been fixed, I think it would be a good idea to keep it open. I'm not sure why the bug zapper caught this bug. Fedora 15, as a release, may be EOL, but Fedora, as a distro, is not EOL, nor is the package we're discussing. Therefore, unless it's fixed, we should keep this open. Thanks.