[SAMBA] How to stop winbindd from granitng UID=0? Security hole?

Adam Tauno Williams adam at morrison-ind.com
Wed Jul 6 19:57:01 GMT 2005


> But now there is a real problem. There is a domain user root. If the
> domain is present, we can login to the client with putting simple
> "root" as a username, and using domain password. And we are actually
> getting uid 0, so we are real root, not just dorm user with
> funny-looking username.
> Of course this behaviour is great for normal (unprivileaged) user
> account, but not for root account.
> So, domain operators can have root domain acocunt and this way get
> root acces to all linux boxes with this setup.
> 
> Does anyone know how can I stop it?
> I'll post configs if requested, but maybe it is just a simple problem...

man slapd-access



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