[Samba] Confusing behavior of hosts allow/hosts deny in Samba 3.0.28/3.2.4

Mike Gallamore mike at mpi-cbg.de
Thu Nov 6 14:29:21 GMT 2008


Well hard to argue with the creator, though I'm sure many try ;)
On Nov 6, 2008, at 3:22 PM, Jeremy Allison wrote:

> On Thu, Nov 06, 2008 at 10:01:45AM +0100, Mike Gallamore wrote:
>> I think something like a sudoers file would make since, ie no one  
>> gets
>> access unless they are on the list. Suggestion:
>>
>> Perhaps host allow should be the only option. If access controls are
>> enabled, people only get access if the host allow field is defined  
>> and
>> if their name is on the list.
>
> Trouble is that would break existing setups. Nope, best thing
> we can do is add a warning (IMHO).
>
> Jeremy.



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