[Samba] question re multiple backends and the 'guest' backend

[Gary Dale]

I suspect that "guest" will simply allow someone to log on as a guest 
with whatever privileges (usually none) you give to guests.


Peter Matulis wrote:
> An inherited system has the following configuration:
>
>    passdb backend = ldapsam:ldap://10.10.10.10 smbpasswd guest
>
> What is the purpose of using multiple backends?  The smb.conf man page
> simply states that each backend will be searched in turn but why would
> one ever use such a setup?
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> Secondly, the man page does not mention the 'guest' backend.  To me
> such a backend implies that an authentication challenge would never be
> refused (guest is a catchall).
>
> Comments?
>
> Peter
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