On Sat, 24 Mar 2001, Miroslav Skoric wrote:
> 1.) If I am logged on NT machine as an ordinary <user>, I get a content
> of /home/<user> directory.
This is good, right?
> 2.) If I am logged on NT machine as "administrator", I get not only the
> stuff under /home/<user> directory, but 'hidden' stuff as well
> (directories and files beginning with a dot, like .enlightenment or
> .gnome etc.). As long as I know, only the root in Linux has access to
> these 'system' files and directories per default (I am not an expert). I
> wonder if it might be a security issue?
>
> What causes that difference? Both cases I use the same Samba account
> (actually, it is the only one Samba account I have made). Its username
> is the same as the username for standard Linux user, but the password is
> different. Beside that, Samba account's username is different from both
> 'administrator' and/or 'root', for any case. In addition ...
Samba normally marks dot files as 'hidden'. The desktop user then decides
whether or not to show or hide the files based on the old DOS hidden flag
or on the file extension.
THis is a Samba configurable setting. You can do nothing with files, hjide
files, or not serve files based on filename patterns.
> 3.) If I am logged on NT machine as "root" ("root" it is just a *copy*
> of the built-in administrator's account under NT, with the *same*
> privileges), I get the content of /home/<user> directory just as the
> ordinary <user> under 1.) case.
>
> After all, it looks to me as like Samba 'checks' what account is used
> when logged to NT box, and if it has the username "administrator" then
> Samba offers such an user more than in a case of a user that is not
> called "administrator". Any comment?
Samba also has the ability to alias a Samba login to a different Linux
user. It sounds like you have aliasing going on here that has been
explicitly set, but I'm a little confused how from your examples.
In all, it looks like your Samba is working well within the configurable
parameters? Or am I missing something?
thornton
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