Howdy!  Am new to the Linux world and have been have been fumbling around trying to get a simple file server up an running in my small office.  Real basic needs for now, just sharing files amongst coworkers, but eventually I'm going to need to set up more detailed security privileges (Tom and Dick can read and write to everything, Harry can only read, etc..).  But for now I just want to get the files up on the server and shared.

I've created the users in linux and synched them in Samba (via Webmin and then through smbpasswd just to be safe), have poured through hundreds of different sites detailing solutions via permissions, smb.conf changes, etc..  I've tried them all to no avail.

My problem is that I'm able to create the shares but they are created with the user ROOT.  Logged in as ROOT and I can do as I please.  Log in as another user and I'm able to see the files but not able to change them or create new ones.  If I change the owner to whatever the user is then that user is able to do as they please, but no one else can (in that directory).  No other user is able to create anything in a share that is not owned by them.  You're all probably pointing at the screen and laughing, but this has me perplexed.

How can I create a share that allows multiple users to copy files to it, modify them, delete them, etc..?  I don't want to strip security away entirely but am willing to try anything at this point.

HAALLPP!!

BTW, I am CLI-tarded so if it can't be done in webmin, please explain it slowly and with small words.

Here's a copy of my SMB.CONF file: