Aloowing access to specific samba users

[Bob Latham]

In article <4825BAD7.2030706 at infinity-ltd.com>,
   Mikkel L. Ellertson <mikkel at infinity-ltd.com> wrote:

> A couple of things - first, with Win98 you are normally using share 
> rather then user security when you share a directory on that 
> machine. Also, because Windows and Linux uses different password 
> encryption, you have to give Samba users a password in addition to 
> the standard Linux password. They can be the same, and it can be set 
> up so that they are kept in sync once created.

> If you want to use the Linux passwords directly, you have to tell 
> Windows to yous unencrypted passwords. This is somewhat of a 
> security risk. This is covered in the Samba documentation.

Thanks for that. Very helpful.


Cheers,

Bob.