Greetings ... In the smbpasswd file, does the uid, uid number and password have to match the Linux equivalint? The reason I ask, is that I am hoping that I can have a different password for Samba and Linux, because I don't wish to give out my root password for domain joining. I once tried to setup a admin account with the same uid number as root but with a different password and remember getting it to work, but I think that I had to setup the user name map. Does this pose a security risk? I am sure it does, but only from a smb point of view, not my Linux box or am I smoking a M$ manual? Thanks Mailed Lee
> Greetings ... > > In the smbpasswd file, does the uid, uid number and password have to > match > the Linux equivalint? > > The reason I ask, is that I am hoping that I can have a different > password > for Samba and Linux, because I don't wish to give out my root password > for domain joining.The password does not have to match. But: You can connect to any shares as root with the samba password and you then have any rights in share. Take care about this and may be use "invalied users = root" in the share definitions. You may try [global] as well, but this may breack the domain joining. Christian> > I once tried to setup a admin account with the same uid number as > root but > with a different password and remember getting it to work, but I think > that I had to setup the user name map. > > Does this pose a security risk? I am sure it does, but only from a > smb > point of view, not my Linux box or am I smoking a M$ manual? > > Thanks > Mailed > Lee > > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba > >_(_)_ wWWWw _ @@@@ (_)@(_) vVVVv _ @@@@ (___) _(_)_ @@()@@ wWWWw (_)\ (___) _(_)_ @@()@@ Y (_)@(_) @@@@ (___) `|/ Y (_)@(_) @@@@ \|/ (_)\ / Y \| \|/ /(_) \| |/ | \ | \ |/ | / \ | / \|/ |/ \| \|/ jgs|// \\|/// \\\|//\\\|/// \|/// \\\|// \\|// \\\|// ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^