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| author | cvs2svn Import User <samba-bugs@samba.org> | 2003-05-03 05:51:55 +0000 |
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| committer | cvs2svn Import User <samba-bugs@samba.org> | 2003-05-03 05:51:55 +0000 |
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diff --git a/docs/docbook/projdoc/StandAloneServer.xml b/docs/docbook/projdoc/StandAloneServer.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..c5b5c67250 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/docbook/projdoc/StandAloneServer.xml @@ -0,0 +1,47 @@ +<chapter id="StandAloneServer"> +<chapterinfo> + &author.jht; +</chapterinfo> +<title>Stand-Alone Servers</title> + +<sect1> +<title>Stand Alone Server</title> + +<para> +The term <emphasis>stand alone server</emphasis> means that the server +will provide local authentication and access control for all resources +that are available from it. In general this means that there will be a +local user database. In more technical terms, it means that resources +on the machine will either be made available in either SHARE mode or in +USER mode. SHARE mode and USER mode security are documented under +discussions regarding "security mode". The smb.conf configuration parameters +that control security mode are: "security = user" and "security = share". +</para> + +<para> +No special action is needed other than to create user accounts. Stand-alone +servers do NOT provide network logon services, meaning that machines that +use this server do NOT perform a domain logon but instead make use only of +the MS Windows logon which is local to the MS Windows workstation/server. +</para> + +<para> +Samba tends to blur the distinction a little in respect of what is +a stand alone server. This is because the authentication database may be +local or on a remote server, even if from the samba protocol perspective +the samba server is NOT a member of a domain security context. +</para> + +<para> +Through the use of PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules) and nsswitch +(the name service switcher) the source of authentication may reside on +another server. We would be inclined to call this the authentication server. +This means that the samba server may use the local Unix/Linux system +password database (/etc/passwd or /etc/shadow), may use a local smbpasswd +file (/etc/samba/smbpasswd or /usr/local/samba/lib/private/smbpasswd), or +may use an LDAP back end, or even via PAM and Winbind another CIFS/SMB +server for authentication. +</para> + +</sect1> +</chapter> |