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<para>The different settings will now be explained.</para>
+ <para><anchor id="SECURITYEQUALSAUTO"/><emphasis>SECURITY = AUTO</emphasis></para>
+
+ <para>This is the default security setting in Samba, and causes Samba to consult
+ the <smbconfoption name="server role"/> parameter (if set) to determine the security mode.</para>
+
<para><anchor id="SECURITYEQUALSUSER"/><emphasis>SECURITY = USER</emphasis></para>
- <para>This is the default security setting in Samba.
+ <para>If <smbconfoption name="server role"/> is not specified, this is the default security setting in Samba.
With user-level security a client must first &quot;log-on&quot; with a
valid username and password (which can be mapped using the <smbconfoption name="username map"/>
parameter). Encrypted passwords (see the <smbconfoption name="encrypted passwords"/> parameter) can also