> All other system users will be allowed in, if they have a valid password > when the smbpasswd is generated. I don't really see what's the need > to have admin users like gdm, sshd, bin, daemon, sys, or identd (some > of those are created by packages and are not default system users) allowed > access through SMB. Granted, they don't have a valid password in most > systems but it might be better off, just in case, to improve the postinst > so that only local users (i.e. uid over FIRST_UID as defined in adduser.conf) > are added to the smbpasswd file. > > That could be a debconf question if the user asked to automatically generate > the smbpasswd file. Something like : "Do you want to add the admin users to > smbpasswd?" (low priority defaulting to 'no')
My own opinion: I agree with Javier on the main idea of the bug report. However, I don't think that the system users automatic addition deserves a debconf question. I really see no point in allowing system users to have a SMB "account" in a default setup (which is was the automatically ge)nerated smbpasswd file is). So I think we should keep it simple and just remove system users from the list. Be aware that adduser is not necessarily installed on all systems, so a backup value (1000 probably) for the lowest UID should probably be used. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
