The branch, master has been updated via 0099c65 docs: point out side-effects of global "valid users" setting. from 1c41feb s3: libsmb : The short name length is only a one byte field.
http://gitweb.samba.org/?p=samba.git;a=shortlog;h=master - Log ----------------------------------------------------------------- commit 0099c652e7b3d34e720e8af40d7f75d868cf0701 Author: Günther Deschner <g...@samba.org> Date: Tue Sep 17 12:47:58 2013 +0200 docs: point out side-effects of global "valid users" setting. Guenther Signed-off-by: Günther Deschner <g...@samba.org> Reviewed-by: Andreas Schneider <a...@samba.org> Autobuild-User(master): Günther Deschner <g...@samba.org> Autobuild-Date(master): Tue Sep 17 16:20:16 CEST 2013 on sn-devel-104 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Summary of changes: docs-xml/smbdotconf/security/validusers.xml | 10 ++++++++++ 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) Changeset truncated at 500 lines: diff --git a/docs-xml/smbdotconf/security/validusers.xml b/docs-xml/smbdotconf/security/validusers.xml index 313739d..ec3e11e 100644 --- a/docs-xml/smbdotconf/security/validusers.xml +++ b/docs-xml/smbdotconf/security/validusers.xml @@ -19,6 +19,16 @@ The current servicename is substituted for <parameter moreinfo="none">%S</parameter>. This is useful in the [homes] section. </para> + + <para><emphasis>Note: </emphasis>When used in the [global] section this + parameter may have unwanted side effects. For example: If samba is configured as a MASTER BROWSER (see + <parameter moreinfo="none">local master</parameter>, + <parameter moreinfo="none">os level</parameter>, + <parameter moreinfo="none">domain master</parameter>, + <parameter moreinfo="none">preferred master</parameter>) this option + will prevent workstations from being able to browse the network. + </para> + </description> <related>invalid users</related> -- Samba Shared Repository