[Samba] Samba user becomes root user

Michael Heironimus mkh01 at earthlink.net
Sun Feb 9 19:30:03 GMT 2003


On Sun, Feb 09, 2003 at 10:27:16AM +0100, Jorge Videgain Marquez wrote:
> Why when i log into a Samba server wit a valid user name and passwor that has 
> not root privileges he is anounced as root and all files modifyed by him are 
> set as root owner?
> 
> When he log in this message apear at log reg:

<snip>

> [2003/02/09 08:18:44, 0] smbd/service.c:make_connection(381)
>   rcorrea logged in as admin user (root privileges)

This message says that user rcorrea is an "admin user", so you either
have the "admin users" or the "admin group" set in smb.conf. All actions
performed by an admin user are done as root.

-- 
Michael Heironimus


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