libsmbclient: Browsing and a URI spec?

[Christopher R. Hertel]

> Yes, Samba won't care.  I'm not even suggesting the smb.conf file should
> support it.  My question is simply, "To an SMB client, what does the
> 'workgroup' in smb.conf mean?"  The default auth domain?  Or the default
> browsing workgroup?  What the other parameter should or could be hinges
> on the answer to this question.

I think that the answer is fairly obvious.  Smb.conf already supports the
WORKGROUP parameter.  A workgroup does not provide an authentication
server, only an NTDomain provides an authentication server.

Microsoft's definition: "A domain is a group of servers that share common
security policy and user account databases."

So, if smb.conf is to be used, I suggest that WORKGROUP provide the
browsing workgroup and AUTH DOMAIN provide the authentication domain.  If
AUTH DOMAIN is not present, use the value of WORKGROUP as the default for
both. 

Chris -)-----

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