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authorJohn Terpstra <jht@samba.org>2003-05-03 05:51:54 +0000
committerJohn Terpstra <jht@samba.org>2003-05-03 05:51:54 +0000
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Re-arrangement of Chapters 3-8, merges, updates - first installment only.
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</sect1>
<sect1>
+<title>User based protection</title>
+
+<para>
+If you want to restrict access to your server to valid users only then the following
+method may be of use. In the smb.conf [globals] section put:
+</para>
+
+<para><programlisting>
+ valid users = @smbusers, jacko
+</programlisting></para>
+
+<para>
+What this does is, it restricts all server access to either the user <emphasis>jacko</emphasis>
+or to members of the system group <emphasis>smbusers</emphasis>.
+</para>
+
+</sect1>
+
+<sect1>
<title>Using interface protection</title>