> Hi, > > How can I make samba only accept log ins, if the password > supplied by > the client, matches that username on the server? eg. blank or wrong > passwords shouldn't be allowed access to the server, so how do I > enablethis? It seems samba by default accepts blank passwords, > and lets the > client mount the share, or even if the password is wrong. > > Also, will this behaviour that I am asking about be compatible > with win > xp? I'll add a user on the linux server, with the same user name > as the > xp one, will the xp client be able to connect? > > Thanks, > Dan.
This works fine for me. You might simply be missing a line in your config file or something. In your smb.conf: # Guest account guest account = smbguest # Security mode security = user # Passwords encrypt passwords = true smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd unix password sync = Yes passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u passwd chat = *New*password* %n\n *Retype*new*password* %n\n *passwd:*all*authentication*tokens*updated*successfully* pam password change = yes # User authentication username map = /etc/samba/smbusers obey pam restrictions = yes # Anonymous users mapped to guest user map to guest = bad user In your smbusers file, map Linux usernames to Windows usernames: smbguest = "guest" myuser = "My User" So the Windows user "My User" would get mapped to the Linux user myuser. You can specify passwords for the Samba users using smbpasswd: smbpasswd -c /etc/samba/smb.conf myuser And just replace /etc/samba with the path to your smb.conf file if it is different. This works fine for me from Windows XP. When I access a Samba share I get prompted for the password, and if I put in an incorrect password then I get re-prompted a few times and eventually locked out (technically I get mapped to the Samba guest user, but my guest user has no access). If I put in the correct password then itall works fine. Hope this helps. - Dave
