From 0099c652e7b3d34e720e8af40d7f75d868cf0701 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Günther Deschner Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2013 12:47:58 +0200 Subject: docs: point out side-effects of global "valid users" setting. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Guenther Signed-off-by: Günther Deschner Reviewed-by: Andreas Schneider Autobuild-User(master): Günther Deschner Autobuild-Date(master): Tue Sep 17 16:20:16 CEST 2013 on sn-devel-104 --- docs-xml/smbdotconf/security/validusers.xml | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) (limited to 'docs-xml') diff --git a/docs-xml/smbdotconf/security/validusers.xml b/docs-xml/smbdotconf/security/validusers.xml index 313739d7c1..ec3e11e6d3 100644 --- a/docs-xml/smbdotconf/security/validusers.xml +++ b/docs-xml/smbdotconf/security/validusers.xml @@ -19,6 +19,16 @@ The current servicename is substituted for %S. This is useful in the [homes] section. + + Note: When used in the [global] section this + parameter may have unwanted side effects. For example: If samba is configured as a MASTER BROWSER (see + local master, + os level, + domain master, + preferred master) this option + will prevent workstations from being able to browse the network. + + invalid users -- cgit