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authorStefan Metzmacher <metze@samba.org>2012-05-12 12:00:32 +0200
committerStefan Metzmacher <metze@samba.org>2012-05-15 08:18:28 +0200
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docs-xml: remove documentation of "SECURITY = SERVER"
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diff --git a/docs-xml/smbdotconf/security/security.xml b/docs-xml/smbdotconf/security/security.xml
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+++ b/docs-xml/smbdotconf/security/security.xml
@@ -79,38 +79,6 @@
<para>See also the <smbconfoption name="password server"/> parameter and
the <smbconfoption name="encrypted passwords"/> parameter.</para>
- <para><anchor id="SECURITYEQUALSSERVER"/><emphasis>SECURITY = SERVER</emphasis></para>
-
- <para>
- In this depicted mode Samba will try to validate the username/password by passing it to another SMB server, such as an
- NT box. If this fails it will revert to <command moreinfo="none">security = user</command>. It expects the
- <smbconfoption name="encrypted passwords"/> parameter to be set to <constant>yes</constant>, unless the remote
- server does not support them. However note that if encrypted passwords have been negotiated then Samba cannot
- revert back to checking the UNIX password file, it must have a valid <filename
- moreinfo="none">smbpasswd</filename> file to check users against. See the chapter about the User Database in
- the Samba HOWTO Collection for details on how to set this up.
-</para>
-
- <note><para>This mode of operation has
- significant pitfalls since it is more vulnerable to
- man-in-the-middle attacks and server impersonation. In particular,
- this mode of operation can cause significant resource consumption on
- the PDC, as it must maintain an active connection for the duration
- of the user's session. Furthermore, if this connection is lost,
- there is no way to reestablish it, and further authentications to the
- Samba server may fail (from a single client, till it disconnects).
- </para></note>
-
- <note><para>If the client selects NTLMv2 authentication, then this mode of operation <emphasis>will fail</emphasis>
- </para></note>
-
- <note><para>From the client's point of
- view, <command moreinfo="none">security = server</command> is the
- same as <command moreinfo="none">security = user</command>. It
- only affects how the server deals with the authentication, it does
- not in any way affect what the client sees.</para></note>
-
- <note><para>This option is deprecated, and may be removed in future</para></note>
<para><emphasis>Note</emphasis> that the name of the resource being
requested is <emphasis>not</emphasis> sent to the server until after