[Samba] Running smbd under various ids

Gerald (Jerry) Carter jerry at samba.org
Fri Dec 13 18:01:58 GMT 2002


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On Tue, 10 Dec 2002, Glynn Condez wrote:

> Hi All,
> 
> I would like to know if its possible to run smbd under
> various ID's like nobody? if its possible how do I run
> it? man smbd doesn't tell on running different ids.

smbd/nmbd/winbindd all have to run as root.




cheers, jerry
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