On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 01:24:52AM -0700, Paul D. DeRocco wrote: > > From: Volker Lendecke [mailto:volker.lende...@sernet.de] > > > > There is also the "username map" parameter, using which you > > can for example say > > > > username map = /etc/samba/usermap > > > > and then open a file named /etc/samba/username with a single > > line containing > > > > root = * > > That looks like just the ticket. But I still need to know which of the > following three things is true: > > 1) I can rely on Unix authentication and not even bother with SMB passwords, > if I don't mind telling the clients the local root password. > > 2) I can use smbpasswd to assign a different client password, so I can keep > the local root password secret from the clients. > > 3) I must use smbpasswd and assign the same password as the local root > password.
2) is correct. Volker -- SerNet GmbH, Bahnhofsallee 1b, 37081 Göttingen phone: +49-551-370000-0, fax: +49-551-370000-9 AG Göttingen, HRB 2816, GF: Dr. Johannes Loxen http://www.sernet.de, mailto:kont...@sernet.de -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba