login as root ?

[Andrew Bartlett]

Olaf Solutions wrote:
> 
> You should not use the root acctount to access samba shares. Its a very
> bad idea. Any true Unix administrator knows not to freely use root over an
> insecure network.
> 
> There is a configuration directive for Samba that goes into the [global]
> section.
> 
>  invalid users=root
> 
> which disables root access. Im not sure if thats a default setting.
> It probably is.

It isn't, it should be - but root is needed for some NT admin stuff
(like adding machines to domains, other 'admin' tasks).  But I set it
anyway.

> 
> Hope this helps,
> Steve Maroney
> samba at olafsolutions.com
> steve at olafsolutions.com
> 
> On Tue, 26 Dec 2000, Khuon Tech wrote:
> 
> >
> > Hi all,
> >               Merry Christmas and Happy New Year !
> >
> > Does anyone tell me if I could login as root user (of the Linux
> > samba serveur) from Win98 ? If not why ?
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> > ____________________________________________________________________
> >
> > TK Tech
> > A newbie who learns to swim in the LINUX sea.
> > A guy who jumps in the black hold and gets out with the bright mind.
> >
> >
> >

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Andrew Bartlett
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