[Samba] Can someone explain SMB passwords?

[Volker Lendecke]

On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 11:12:00AM +0200, Helmut Hullen wrote:
> Hallo, Volker,
> 
> Du meintest am 22.07.13:
> 
> >> So is there ANY way to provide access to a share, with only a
> >> password, not caring about a username? Or must I pick a name (e.g.,
> >> "root") and tell all clients to log in under that username? If I do
> >> the latter, and root isn't listed in smbpasswd, will it just do
> >> ordinary Unix authentication, demanding a password that matches the
> >> local root password? Is the purpose of an SMB password to allow a
> >> client to be assigned a different password, without having to reveal
> >> the local Unix one? Or MUST I list "root" in smbpasswd with the same
> >> password as the local Unix one?
> 
> > There is also the "username map" parameter, using which you
> > can for example say
> 
> > username map = /etc/samba/usermap
> 
> > and then open a file named /etc/samba/username with a single
> > line containing
> 
>         /etc/samba/usermap
>         (looks like a c&p error ...)

Thanks :-)

Volker

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