samba - Sep 2002 - nobody & smbpasswd

Dear all,

I find that for smbpasswd to work it is necessary to include "nobody"
(or the
guest account) in the "valid users" list under section [Global]. This
requirement is not mentioned in documentations (or I've overlooked). Is this
absolutely necessary ?

R.Ho

rkpho@hotmail.com wrote:
> 
> Dear all,
> 
> I find that for smbpasswd to work it is necessary to include
"nobody" (or the
> guest account) in the "valid users" list under section [Global].
This
> requirement is not mentioned in documentations (or I've overlooked). Is
this
> absolutely necessary ?
For a number of things, yes.  Many basic functions of a Samba server -
partiulcarly as a PDC or master browser - must occour as guest.  This
setting is really only of value on a per-share basis.

Andrew Bartlett

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