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authorGünther Deschner <gd@samba.org>2013-09-17 12:47:58 +0200
committerGünther Deschner <gd@samba.org>2013-09-17 16:20:16 +0200
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docs: point out side-effects of global "valid users" setting.
Guenther Signed-off-by: Günther Deschner <gd@samba.org> Reviewed-by: Andreas Schneider <asn@samba.org> Autobuild-User(master): Günther Deschner <gd@samba.org> Autobuild-Date(master): Tue Sep 17 16:20:16 CEST 2013 on sn-devel-104
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@@ -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>