[Samba] Re: Samba doesn't ask for a password

[Udo]

Well, that would be my second question and now you already answered it.

Thank you, Tim and Andrew!

udo

Andrew Bartlett wrote:

> On Sat, 2004-07-10 at 12:52, Tim Tait wrote:
>> Udo wrote:
>> 
>> >and I can see and edit the files of this users' home directory on the
>> >Linux (Samba) server. I can even open \\vovo\horst, which is the other
>> >users' home, but read-only in that case. But I need samba to ask for a
>> >password,
>> >  
>> >
>> I had the same problem. You need to add a path statement to the [homes]
>> share: "path = /home/%U" for example. That forces it to be the directory
>> of the logged in user (%U).
> 
> This is really bad advise.  If you want to restrict access to home
> directories, they appropriate syntax is:
> 
> [homes]
> valid users = %S
> 
> Once a user is correctly authenticated with 'user level' security, it is
> not possible for Samba to force re-authentication, only access control.
> 
> If you set 'security=share' (and accept the consequences that imposes)
> then passwords are required per-share, which may be closer to what is
> wanted here.
> 
> Andrew Bartlett