[Pkg-samba-maint] Bug#424046: samba: remote authenticating fail with 3.0.25

[Steve Langasek]

On Tue, May 15, 2007 at 07:09:44PM +0200, Christian Perrier wrote:
> > After upgrade from 3.0.24 to 3.0.25 the users can't get write access to their
> > shares. The settings in the smb.conf are:

> > security = server
> > username map = /etc/samba/smbusers

> > I try to enter password of local user the domain users mapped to and get access
> > successfully. This look like users are authorized locally instead of by domain
> > controller.

> While what you report should still be considered as a bug, could you
> try with "security=domain".

> "security=server" is, IIRC, mostly considered as a hack by the Samba
> Team so it might be a good occasion for you to switch to soemthing
> better supported....and tested..:-)

Yes, security=server has inherent flaws (including security flaws) that make
it impossible to support fully.  I strongly advise migrating to
security=domain if at all possible.

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