[Samba] Ransomware?

[ToddAndMargo]

On 05/19/2016 11:09 AM, Helmut Hullen wrote:
> Hallo, ToddAndMargo,
>
> Du meintest am 19.05.16:
>
>>>>>> Is there anything in Samba that will help protect
>>>>>> against ransomware?
>
> [...]
>
>>> months ago there where ransomware which discovered shares without a
>>> drive letter assigend
>
>> yes, I just read Fabians post.  Oh on!
>> Is it only CIFS drive shares it goes after?
>
> It's quite simple: if the user can write onto the share then ransomware
> also can write.
>
> Viele Gruesse!
> Helmut

Hi Helmet,

Greeting from the USA!   I was stationed in Germany for three
years in the seventies.  I absolutely adored Germany and
still miss it at times.

An ftp server can be set up to require a username and password.
And that can be different than the Windows user name and password.
That should throw a wrench in the works!  And there is always
write only and read only accounts.  Wonder if you would get away
with that in Samba?

-T


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