[Samba] Strange "username map" behaviour with "security=user"

[Gerald (Jerry) Carter]

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On Thu, 6 Feb 2003, Vladimir Yumashev wrote:

> I use Samba 2.2.0 on small network.  I use "security = user" and
> "username map" to map some Win-users to unix users. I have simple
> testing file with username mapping:
>     root = vlad 
> It is supposed that when I connect to samba as user
> "Vlad" with vlad's password I get the root's rigths to shares.  Right?
> But when I try to connect to samba as "vlad" it tries to authorize me as
> samba user "root" and tries to find user "root" in passdb.  Why?

username mapping takes place before authentication.
This is by design.



cheers, jerry
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