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Diffstat (limited to 'docs-xml/smbdotconf')
| -rw-r--r-- | docs-xml/smbdotconf/security/onlyuser.xml | 22 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs-xml/smbdotconf/security/security.xml | 109 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs-xml/smbdotconf/security/serverrole.xml | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs-xml/smbdotconf/security/username.xml | 51 |
4 files changed, 16 insertions, 169 deletions
diff --git a/docs-xml/smbdotconf/security/onlyuser.xml b/docs-xml/smbdotconf/security/onlyuser.xml index b1ef1b7606..ed1bbd53e3 100644 --- a/docs-xml/smbdotconf/security/onlyuser.xml +++ b/docs-xml/smbdotconf/security/onlyuser.xml @@ -3,20 +3,16 @@ context="S" xmlns:samba="http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc"> <description> - <para>This is a boolean option that controls whether - connections with usernames not in the <parameter moreinfo="none">user</parameter> - list will be allowed. By default this option is disabled so that a - client can supply a username to be used by the server. Enabling - this parameter will force the server to only use the login - names from the <parameter moreinfo="none">user</parameter> list and is only really - useful in <smbconfoption name="security">share</smbconfoption> level security.</para> + <para>To restrict a service to a particular set of users you + can use the <smbconfoption name="valid users"/> parameter.</para> + + <para>This parameter is deprecated</para> + + <para>However, it currently operates only in conjunction with + <smbconfoption name="username"/>. The supported way to restrict + a service to a particular set of users is the + <smbconfoption name="valid users"/> parameter.</para> - <para>Note that this also means Samba won't try to deduce - usernames from the service name. This can be annoying for - the [homes] section. To get around this you could use <command moreinfo="none">user = - %S</command> which means your <parameter moreinfo="none">user</parameter> list - will be just the service name, which for home directories is the - name of the user.</para> </description> <related>user</related> diff --git a/docs-xml/smbdotconf/security/security.xml b/docs-xml/smbdotconf/security/security.xml index 74ea569b86..2575d77b99 100644 --- a/docs-xml/smbdotconf/security/security.xml +++ b/docs-xml/smbdotconf/security/security.xml @@ -11,34 +11,18 @@ Samba and is one of the most important settings in the <filename moreinfo="none"> smb.conf</filename> file.</para> - <para>The option sets the "security mode bit" in replies to - protocol negotiations with <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbd</refentrytitle> - <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> to turn share level security on or off. Clients decide - based on this bit whether (and how) to transfer user and password - information to the server.</para> - - <para>The default is <command moreinfo="none">security = user</command>, as this is - the most common setting needed when talking to Windows 98 and - Windows NT.</para> + the most common setting, used for a standalone file server or a DC.</para> <para>The alternatives are <command moreinfo="none">security = ads</command> or <command moreinfo="none">security = domain - </command>, which support joining Samba to a Windows domain, along with <command moreinfo="none">security = share</command> and <command moreinfo="none">security = server</command>, both of which are deprecated.</para> - - <para>In versions of Samba prior to 2.0.0, the default was - <command moreinfo="none">security = share</command> mainly because that was - the only option at one stage.</para> + </command>, which support joining Samba to a Windows domain, along with <command moreinfo="none">security = server</command>, which is deprecated.</para> <para>You should use <command moreinfo="none">security = user</command> and <smbconfoption name="map to guest"/> if you want to mainly setup shares without a password (guest shares). This is commonly used for a shared printer server. </para> - <para>It is possible to use <command moreinfo="none">smbd</command> in a <emphasis> - hybrid mode</emphasis> where it is offers both user and share - level security under different <smbconfoption name="NetBIOS aliases"/>. </para> - <para>The different settings will now be explained.</para> @@ -65,8 +49,6 @@ the server to automatically map unknown users into the <smbconfoption name="guest account"/>. See the <smbconfoption name="map to guest"/> parameter for details on doing this.</para> - <para>See also the section <link linkend="VALIDATIONSECT">NOTE ABOUT USERNAME/PASSWORD VALIDATION</link>.</para> - <para><anchor id="SECURITYEQUALSDOMAIN"/><emphasis>SECURITY = DOMAIN</emphasis></para> <para>This mode will only work correctly if <citerefentry><refentrytitle>net</refentrytitle> @@ -94,93 +76,9 @@ the server to automatically map unknown users into the <smbconfoption name="guest account"/>. See the <smbconfoption name="map to guest"/> parameter for details on doing this.</para> - <para>See also the section <link linkend="VALIDATIONSECT"> - NOTE ABOUT USERNAME/PASSWORD VALIDATION</link>.</para> - <para>See also the <smbconfoption name="password server"/> parameter and the <smbconfoption name="encrypted passwords"/> parameter.</para> - <para><anchor id="SECURITYEQUALSSHARE"/><emphasis>SECURITY = SHARE</emphasis></para> - - <note><para>This option is deprecated as it is incompatible with SMB2</para></note> - - <para>When clients connect to a share level security server, they - need not log onto the server with a valid username and password before - attempting to connect to a shared resource (although modern clients - such as Windows 95/98 and Windows NT will send a logon request with - a username but no password when talking to a <command moreinfo="none">security = share - </command> server). Instead, the clients send authentication information - (passwords) on a per-share basis, at the time they attempt to connect - to that share.</para> - - <para>Note that <command moreinfo="none">smbd</command> <emphasis>ALWAYS</emphasis> - uses a valid UNIX user to act on behalf of the client, even in - <command moreinfo="none">security = share</command> level security.</para> - - <para>As clients are not required to send a username to the server - in share level security, <command moreinfo="none">smbd</command> uses several - techniques to determine the correct UNIX user to use on behalf - of the client.</para> - - <para>A list of possible UNIX usernames to match with the given - client password is constructed using the following methods :</para> - - <itemizedlist> - <listitem> - <para>If the <smbconfoption name="guest only"/> parameter is set, then all the other - stages are missed and only the <smbconfoption name="guest account"/> username is checked. - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>Is a username is sent with the share connection - request, then this username (after mapping - see <smbconfoption name="username map"/>), - is added as a potential username. - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>If the client did a previous <emphasis>logon - </emphasis> request (the SessionSetup SMB call) then the - username sent in this SMB will be added as a potential username. - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>The name of the service the client requested is - added as a potential username. - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>The NetBIOS name of the client is added to - the list as a potential username. - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>Any users on the <smbconfoption name="user"/> list are added as potential usernames. - </para> - </listitem> - </itemizedlist> - - <para>If the <parameter moreinfo="none">guest only</parameter> parameter is - not set, then this list is then tried with the supplied password. - The first user for whom the password matches will be used as the - UNIX user.</para> - - <para>If the <parameter moreinfo="none">guest only</parameter> parameter is - set, or no username can be determined then if the share is marked - as available to the <parameter moreinfo="none">guest account</parameter>, then this - guest user will be used, otherwise access is denied.</para> - - <para>Note that it can be <emphasis>very</emphasis> confusing - in share-level security as to which UNIX username will eventually - be used in granting access.</para> - - <para>See also the section <link linkend="VALIDATIONSECT"> - NOTE ABOUT USERNAME/PASSWORD VALIDATION</link>.</para> - <para><anchor id="SECURITYEQUALSSERVER"/><emphasis>SECURITY = SERVER</emphasis></para> <para> @@ -221,9 +119,6 @@ the server to automatically map unknown users into the <smbconfoption name="guest account"/>. See the <smbconfoption name="map to guest"/> parameter for details on doing this.</para> - <para>See also the section <link linkend="VALIDATIONSECT"> - NOTE ABOUT USERNAME/PASSWORD VALIDATION</link>.</para> - <para>See also the <smbconfoption name="password server"/> parameter and the <smbconfoption name="encrypted passwords"/> parameter.</para> diff --git a/docs-xml/smbdotconf/security/serverrole.xml b/docs-xml/smbdotconf/security/serverrole.xml index 5832887040..e4e65c297b 100644 --- a/docs-xml/smbdotconf/security/serverrole.xml +++ b/docs-xml/smbdotconf/security/serverrole.xml @@ -51,9 +51,6 @@ exist as well as the account on the Domain Controller to allow Samba to have a valid UNIX account to map file access to. Winbind can provide this.</para> - <para>See also the section <link linkend="VALIDATIONSECT"> - NOTE ABOUT USERNAME/PASSWORD VALIDATION</link>.</para> - <para><anchor id="DC"/><emphasis>SERVER ROLE = DOMAIN CONTROLLER</emphasis></para> <para>This mode of operation runs Samba as a domain controller, providing domain logon services to Windows and Samba clients of the domain. Clients must be joined to the domain to create a secure, trusted path across the network.</para> diff --git a/docs-xml/smbdotconf/security/username.xml b/docs-xml/smbdotconf/security/username.xml index 19d8a2ecfd..a85076c737 100644 --- a/docs-xml/smbdotconf/security/username.xml +++ b/docs-xml/smbdotconf/security/username.xml @@ -5,57 +5,16 @@ <synonym>user</synonym> <synonym>users</synonym> <description> - <para>Multiple users may be specified in a comma-delimited - list, in which case the supplied password will be tested against - each username in turn (left to right).</para> - - <para>The deprecated <parameter moreinfo="none">username</parameter> line is needed only when - the PC is unable to supply its own username. This is the case - for the COREPLUS protocol or where your users have different WfWg - usernames to UNIX usernames. In both these cases you may also be - better using the \\server\share%user syntax instead.</para> - - <para>The <parameter moreinfo="none">username</parameter> line is not a great - solution in many cases as it means Samba will try to validate - the supplied password against each of the usernames in the - <parameter moreinfo="none">username</parameter> line in turn. This is slow and - a bad idea for lots of users in case of duplicate passwords. - You may get timeouts or security breaches using this parameter - unwisely.</para> - - <para>Samba relies on the underlying UNIX security. This - parameter does not restrict who can login, it just offers hints - to the Samba server as to what usernames might correspond to the - supplied password. Users can login as whoever they please and - they will be able to do no more damage than if they started a - telnet session. The daemon runs as the user that they log in as, - so they cannot do anything that user cannot do.</para> - <para>To restrict a service to a particular set of users you can use the <smbconfoption name="valid users"/> parameter.</para> - <para>If any of the usernames begin with a '@' then the name - will be looked up first in the NIS netgroups list (if Samba - is compiled with netgroup support), followed by a lookup in - the UNIX groups database and will expand to a list of all users - in the group of that name.</para> - - <para>If any of the usernames begin with a '+' then the name - will be looked up only in the UNIX groups database and will - expand to a list of all users in the group of that name.</para> - - <para>If any of the usernames begin with a '&' then the name - will be looked up only in the NIS netgroups database (if Samba - is compiled with netgroup support) and will expand to a list - of all users in the netgroup group of that name.</para> + <para>This parameter is deprecated</para> - <para>Note that searching though a groups database can take - quite some time, and some clients may time out during the - search.</para> + <para>However, it currently operates only in conjunction with + <smbconfoption name="only user"/>. The supported way to restrict + a service to a particular set of users is the + <smbconfoption name="valid users"/> parameter.</para> - <para>See the section <link linkend="VALIDATIONSECT">NOTE ABOUT - USERNAME/PASSWORD VALIDATION</link> for more information on how - this parameter determines access to the services.</para> </description> <value type="default"><comment>The guest account if a guest service, |