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authorAndrew Bartlett <abartlet@samba.org>2012-02-03 18:03:10 +1100
committerAndrew Bartlett <abartlet@samba.org>2012-03-04 23:33:05 +0100
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s3-auth: Remove security=share (depricated since 3.6).
This patch removes security=share, which Samba implemented by matching the per-share password provided by the client in the Tree Connect with a selection of usernames supplied by the client, the smb.conf or guessed from the environment. The rationale for the removal is that for the bulk of security=share users, we just we need a very simple way to run a 'trust the network' Samba server, where users mark shares as guest ok. This is still supported, and the smb.conf options are documented at https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Public_Samba_Server At the same time, this closes the door on one of the most arcane areas of Samba authentication. Naturally, full user-name/password authentication remain available in security=user and above. This includes documentation updates for username and only user, which now only do a small amount of what they used to do. Andrew Bartlett -------------- / \ / REST \ / IN \ / PEACE \ / \ | SEC_SHARE | | security=share | | | | | | 5 March | | | | 2012 | *| * * * | * _________)/\\_//(\/(/\)/\//\/\///|_)_______
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context="S"
xmlns:samba="http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc">
<description>
- <para>This is a boolean option that controls whether
- connections with usernames not in the <parameter moreinfo="none">user</parameter>
- list will be allowed. By default this option is disabled so that a
- client can supply a username to be used by the server. Enabling
- this parameter will force the server to only use the login
- names from the <parameter moreinfo="none">user</parameter> list and is only really
- useful in <smbconfoption name="security">share</smbconfoption> level security.</para>
+ <para>To restrict a service to a particular set of users you
+ can use the <smbconfoption name="valid users"/> parameter.</para>
+
+ <para>This parameter is deprecated</para>
+
+ <para>However, it currently operates only in conjunction with
+ <smbconfoption name="username"/>. The supported way to restrict
+ a service to a particular set of users is the
+ <smbconfoption name="valid users"/> parameter.</para>
- <para>Note that this also means Samba won't try to deduce
- usernames from the service name. This can be annoying for
- the [homes] section. To get around this you could use <command moreinfo="none">user =
- %S</command> which means your <parameter moreinfo="none">user</parameter> list
- will be just the service name, which for home directories is the
- name of the user.</para>
</description>
<related>user</related>