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author | Jelmer Vernooij <jelmer@samba.org> | 2004-04-07 10:15:11 +0000 |
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committer | Gerald W. Carter <jerry@samba.org> | 2008-04-23 08:45:43 -0500 |
commit | 992f1e6b8f86b346fddd266b04d29cde69585633 (patch) | |
tree | 878573999a6831aa14cd6b8072263eb5d5910aa4 /docs/smbdotconf/security/forceuser.xml | |
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Add all the source files from the old CVS tree,
add the 5 missing chapters from the HOWTO
and add jht's Samba by Example book.
(This used to be commit 9fb5bcb93e57c5162b3ee6f9c7d777dc0269d100)
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diff --git a/docs/smbdotconf/security/forceuser.xml b/docs/smbdotconf/security/forceuser.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..aa6c15ba0e --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/smbdotconf/security/forceuser.xml @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +<samba:parameter name="force user" + type="string" + context="S" + xmlns:samba="http://samba.org/common"> +<description> + <para>This specifies a UNIX user name that will be + assigned as the default user for all users connecting to this service. + This is useful for sharing files. You should also use it carefully + as using it incorrectly can cause security problems.</para> + + <para>This user name only gets used once a connection is established. + Thus clients still need to connect as a valid user and supply a + valid password. Once connected, all file operations will be performed + as the "forced user", no matter what username the client connected + as. This can be very useful.</para> + + <para>In Samba 2.0.5 and above this parameter also causes the + primary group of the forced user to be used as the primary group + for all file activity. Prior to 2.0.5 the primary group was left + as the primary group of the connecting user (this was a bug).</para> + +</description> + +<related>force group</related> +<value type="default"/> +<value type="example">auser</value> +</samba:parameter> |