> From: Volker Lendecke [mailto:volker.lende...@sernet.de] > > "force user" happens after any user authentication. Samba > uses the client provided username to find the entry in the > smbpasswd file. After that succeeded, when connecting to the > share, it will switch back to root for accessing files. But > the local user must exist for Samba to let the user in at > all.
So is there ANY way to provide access to a share, with only a password, not caring about a username? Or must I pick a name (e.g., "root") and tell all clients to log in under that username? If I do the latter, and root isn't listed in smbpasswd, will it just do ordinary Unix authentication, demanding a password that matches the local root password? Is the purpose of an SMB password to allow a client to be assigned a different password, without having to reveal the local Unix one? Or MUST I list "root" in smbpasswd with the same password as the local Unix one? -- Ciao, Paul D. DeRocco Paul mailto:pdero...@ix.netcom.com -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
