[patch] nt_printing.c

Jeff Chua jchua at fedex.com
Thu Oct 16 02:07:26 GMT 2003


'security = share' ... used for printers, and public folders ... so that
anyone can access without a username/password. We have many samba servers,
and the major complaint with 'security = user' is the prompt for
username/password even for printers and public folders ... it can
annoying. Am I missing something here?


Thanks,
Jeff
[ jchua at fedex.com ]

On Wed, 15 Oct 2003, Gerald (Jerry) Carter wrote:

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> Jeff Chua wrote:
> | On Tue, 14 Oct 2003, Gerald (Jerry) Carter wrote:
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> |>printer driver upload/download is not supported in 'security = share'.
> |>Switch to 'security = user'
> |
> |
> | How about fixing it to accept 'security = share' as well?
> | If ok, I can try to come up with a fix for that.
>
> No.  What is it about share mode security that you
> find so appealing?
>
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>
> cheers, jerry
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