<samba:parameter name="auth methods" context="G" type="list" basic="1" advanced="1" wizard="1" developer="1" xmlns:samba="http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc"> <description> <para> This option allows the administrator to chose what authentication methods <command moreinfo="none">smbd</command> will use when authenticating a user. This option defaults to sensible values based on <smbconfoption name="security"/>. This should be considered a developer option and used only in rare circumstances. In the majority (if not all) of production servers, the default setting should be adequate. </para> <para> Each entry in the list attempts to authenticate the user in turn, until the user authenticates. In practice only one method will ever actually be able to complete the authentication. </para> <para> Possible options include <constant>guest</constant> (anonymous access), <constant>sam</constant> (lookups in local list of accounts based on netbios name or domain name), <constant>winbind</constant> (relay authentication requests for remote users through winbindd), <constant>ntdomain</constant> (pre-winbindd method of authentication for remote domain users; deprecated in favour of winbind method), <constant>trustdomain</constant> (authenticate trusted users by contacting the remote DC directly from smbd; deprecated in favour of winbind method). </para> </description> <value type="default"/> <value type="example">guest sam winbind</value> </samba:parameter>