[Samba] Re: Samba-HOWTO-Collection/StandAloneServer.html#simplynice

[Jelmer Vernooij]

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Julius Junghans wrote:
| Jim C. wrote:
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|> | After reading smb.conf the option "passdb backend = guest" looks wrong?
|> | guest isnt listed as a possibility in the manpage.
|> | Ive changed nothing in my passwd/smbpasswd file.
|> | Why is it not working?
|>
|> passdb backend tells samba where to find it's records.  You need to read
|> up on this.
|>
|> http://us2.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/passdb.html
|>
|>
|> Jim C.
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| Yes, but reading the mentioned site doesnt help....guest still looks
| wrong :(
| there should be a password backend like tdbsam, ldapsam or mysqlsam.
| It makes no sense.
the 'guest' passdb backend doesn't have to be specified explicitly
anymore (Samba adds it if necessary), so I think using just 'passdb
backend = ' should suffice. Specifying 'guest' doesn't hurt though.

Cheers,

Jelmer
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