Bryan Henderson
2002-Jun-18 19:23 UTC
[Samba] maintaining permissions on smbpasswd/smb.conf
Whoops, I meant smbpasswd, not smb.conf. -- Bryan Henderson Phone 408-621-2000 San Jose, California
On Wed, 19 Jun 2002, Bryan Henderson wrote:> Whoops, I meant smbpasswd, not smb.conf.Its the clear text nature of the password hashes. It would be a security problem to allow normal users to read the file. Feel free to moidyf things to fit your needs, but it would be too much of a support headache to not reset the permissions. cheers, jerry --------------------------------------------------------------------- Hewlett-Packard http://www.hp.com SAMBA Team http://www.samba.org -- http://www.plainjoe.org "Sam's Teach Yourself Samba in 24 Hours" 2ed. ISBN 0-672-32269-2 --"I never saved anything for the swim back." Ethan Hawk in Gattaca--