Samba users - upgrade

[Mikkel L. Ellertson]

Bob Hartung wrote:
> Hi all,
>   I have a running install of Redhat 8 that is about to be upgraded. 
> There is a complex Samba share with users set up my someone else and I 
> am new to Samba.  I have a couple of questions.
> 
> 2.  Does every user with acces to the Samba share have to have an 
> account on the machine proper or can this be accomplished within Samba?
> 
You can have a Samba account without a Linux account, but it takes 
extra work. You have to define the user/group to use with the 
share(s) you give access to that do not have a local account. (I 
believe you can also use network authorization, but I have never 
used it.)

You can also map one or more Samba users to a Linux user using the 
smbusers file.

Mikkel
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