Rowland Penny > Wouldn't you be better off using a SSH login ? What you
are proposing doesn't sound very secure to me.
Sorry, I haven't made myself understood.
I simply want to use Samba in the standard way, through the "valid
users" option, which requires creating a Unix account, a Samba account,
and password for both, ideally in sync.
This is partially explained on the wiki, although it missed the most
important "valid users" option:
https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Setting_up_Samba_as_a_Standalone_Server
I was just wondering if a Unix password is actually required.
I assume the answer is yes, or I guess Samba will get an error when
trying to access the underlying filesystem if the matching Unix account
has no password.
Thank you.
PS: Sorry for the break in the thread: I only realized after posting
that the archives at Nabble are inactive
http://samba.2283325.n4.nabble.com/Samba-General-f2403709.html . Is
there no web-based alternative to the Samba General mailing list?
