[Samba] Samba Shares and Win32 Viruses

Ow Mun Heng ow.mun.heng at wdc.com
Mon Apr 12 02:26:21 GMT 2004



> -----Original Message-----
> From: samba-bounces+ow.mun.heng=wdc.com at lists.samba.org
> 
> Ow Mun Heng schrieb:
> 
> > Hi Collective users of Samba, (does has a nice ring to it eh?)
> > 
> > Recently I found a my samba server being infected by win32 viruses. 
> > Though it does not affect the server in any way, I do find 
> them to be
> > an annoyance.
> > 
> > I understand also that I can perform "veto" of files like 
> *.exe in smb.conf
> > but find that to be a wee bit restrictive. There are some users who
> > stores valid executables in the shares.
> > 
> > http://hr.uoregon.edu/davidrl/samba-unofficial.html
> > 
> > "To prevent access to suspicious files (e.g., those that 
> tend to become 
> > infected by virus'), use the following. The last bit 
> prevents access to 
> > files with a CLSID in the file extension.
> > 
> > veto files = /*.exe/*.dll/*.pif/*.com/*.vbs/*.{*}/"

> > 
> >         
> the best way will be to use vfs and antivirus software on that shares

Any more info other than that? I found Clam-AV and I also found samba-vscan.
How do I set things up? vfs? etc.


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