samba - Feb 2004 - .exe files

I have a user on a IP authenticated connection who wants to backup his 
local disk onto his own user space. His backup contains .exe files 
(which I initially set up to be denied with " veto files = 
/*.exe/*.dll/*.pif/*.com/*.vbs/*.{*}/*passwd*/" is smb.conf.

How bad an idea is it to allow .exe files to be written?

Thanks

On Mon, 2004-02-02 at 17:01, Kirk R.Wythers wrote:
> I have a user on a IP authenticated connection who wants to backup his 
> local disk onto his own user space. His backup contains .exe files 
> (which I initially set up to be denied with " veto files = 
> /*.exe/*.dll/*.pif/*.com/*.vbs/*.{*}/*passwd*/" is smb.conf.
> 
> How bad an idea is it to allow .exe files to be written?
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where did you get the idea that it would bad for any of these files to
exist on a samba server?

These files are normal Windows type files - probably not a good idea to
have them pass through a mail gateway but otherwise, it cramps the
usability of a windows share.

Craig