CVS update: samba/source/rpc_server

Andrew Bartlett abartlet at pcug.org.au
Fri Nov 9 17:02:04 GMT 2001


Jeremy Allison wrote:
> 
> On Sat, Nov 10, 2001 at 10:54:39AM +1100, Andrew Bartlett wrote:
> 
> > By this point it should be clearer why keeping the 'have vuid' case
> > should be kept simple - particularly given the security issues with the
> > current code.  (Users of NT4 terminal server are advised to always use
> > the registry hack to permit multiple connections to samba, for both
> > performance and security reasons).
> 
> Performance reasons only. Multi-user NT boxes switch vuid and do
> multiple session setups when multiple users access the shares.
> There are no security holes known with mutli-user NT/Citrix and
> samba.

But they don't do multiple tree connects do they? 

The problem is that the user_ok() code at present doesn't consider the
guest user case.

(or the NT ACL in tdb for that matter)

Andrew Bartlett

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