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| author | Jeremy Allison <jra@samba.org> | 2007-04-11 21:00:50 +0000 |
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| committer | Gerald W. Carter <jerry@samba.org> | 2008-04-23 08:47:31 -0500 |
| commit | 9729d43b53e7183f80c8b41dd8ed91e10421f71e (patch) | |
| tree | 251f82dac025272feebd4caa613d0e20ec3bc463 /docs | |
| parent | 6683280eb85e358c4a5ddf7e533af4b85b3318d2 (diff) | |
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Document the fact this doesn't work with "security=server".
Fixes bug #4475.
Jeremy.
(This used to be commit 4931390610baa77e0881dcdf3dd1b25a3ea12776)
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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/smbdotconf/security/maptoguest.xml | 12 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/docs/smbdotconf/security/maptoguest.xml b/docs/smbdotconf/security/maptoguest.xml index 2dc6605b39..0f680ae71c 100644 --- a/docs/smbdotconf/security/maptoguest.xml +++ b/docs/smbdotconf/security/maptoguest.xml @@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ <description> <para>This parameter is only useful in <smbconfoption name="SECURITY"> security</smbconfoption> modes other than <parameter moreinfo="none">security = share</parameter> - - i.e. <constant>user</constant>, <constant>server</constant>, - and <constant>domain</constant>.</para> + and <parameter moreinfo="none">security = server</parameter> + - i.e. <constant>user</constant>, and <constant>domain</constant>.</para> <para>This parameter can take four different values, which tell <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbd</refentrytitle> @@ -56,11 +56,15 @@ <para>Note that this parameter is needed to set up "Guest" share services when using <parameter moreinfo="none">security</parameter> modes other than - share. This is because in these modes the name of the resource being + share and server. This is because in these modes the name of the resource being requested is <emphasis>not</emphasis> sent to the server until after the server has successfully authenticated the client so the server cannot make authentication decisions at the correct time (connection - to the share) for "Guest" shares.</para> + to the share) for "Guest" shares. This parameter is not useful with + <parameter moreinfo="none">security = server</parameter> as in this security mode + no information is returned about whether a user logon failed due to + a bad username or bad password, the same error is returned from a modern server + in both cases.</para> <para>For people familiar with the older Samba releases, this parameter maps to the old compile-time setting of the <constant> |