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Chapter 24. Samba
Domain — The Samba server relies on a Windows NT Primary or Backup Domain Controller
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to verify the user. The server passes the username and password to the Controller and waits
for it to return. Specify the NetBIOS name of the Primary or Backup Domain Controller in the
Authentication Server field.
The Encrypted Passwords option must be set to Yes if this is selected.
Server — The Samba server tries to verify the username and password combination by passing
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them to another Samba server. If it can not, the server tries to verify using the user authentication
mode. Specify the NetBIOS name of the other Samba server in the Authentication Server field.
Share — Samba users do not have to enter a username and password combination on a per Samba
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server basis. They are not prompted for a username and password until they try to connect to a
specific shared directory from a Samba server.
User — (Default) Samba users must provide a valid username and password on a per Samba
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server basis. Select this option if you want the Windows Username option to work. Refer to
Section 24.2.1.2 Managing Samba Users for details.
Encrypt Passwords — This option must be enabled if the clients are connecting from a Windows
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98, Windows NT 4.0 with Service Pack 3, or other more recent versions of Microsoft Windows.
The passwords are transfered between the server and the client in an encrypted format instead of
in as a plain-text word that can be intercepted. This corresponds to the
option. Refer to Section 24.2.3 Encrypted Passwords for more information about encrypted Samba
passwords.
Guest Account — When users or guest users log into a Samba server, they must be mapped to a
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valid user on the server. Select one of the existing usernames on the system to be the guest Samba
account. When guests logs in to the Samba server, they have the same privileges as this user. This
corresponds to the
After clicking OK, the changes are written to the configuration file and the daemon is restart; thus,
the changes take effect immediately.
24.2.1.2. Managing Samba Users
The Samba Server Configuration Tool requires that an existing user account be active on the system
acting as the Samba server before a Samba user can be added. The Samba user is associated with the
existing user account.
Figure 24-4. Managing Samba Users
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guest account
encrypted passwords
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