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author | Mateusz Piotrowski <0mp@FreeBSD.org> | 2024-09-09 18:38:56 +0000 |
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committer | Mateusz Piotrowski <0mp@FreeBSD.org> | 2024-09-09 18:42:06 +0000 |
commit | 6530b8b5dba4707a6b8f31bc2af219f5f97f8060 (patch) | |
tree | 1c008062ea808cb55703a0510e5d3bcda94d03a5 | |
parent | 9a0413840f266964ba36ccac33be5288de8ec7f1 (diff) |
handbook: samba: Remove outdated `security=share` documentation
"share" is no longer a supported setting for the "security" option.
Update our documentation accordingly.
PR: 252893
Reported by: cm@sdf.org
Sponsored by: Klara, Inc.
-rw-r--r-- | documentation/content/en/books/handbook/network-servers/_index.adoc | 6 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/network-servers/_index.adoc b/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/network-servers/_index.adoc index a6ab6750b6..03e1ed0810 100644 --- a/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/network-servers/_index.adoc +++ b/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/network-servers/_index.adoc @@ -2534,12 +2534,10 @@ The most important settings in [.filename]#/usr/local/etc/smb4.conf# are the sec These directives control the options: `security`:: -The most common settings are `security = share` and `security = user`. If the clients use usernames that are the same as their usernames on the FreeBSD machine, user level security should be used. -This is the default security policy and it requires clients to first log on before they can access shared resources. +`security = user` is the default security policy and it requires clients to first log on before they can access shared resources. + -In share level security, clients do not need to log onto the server with a valid username and password before attempting to connect to a shared resource. -This was the default security model for older versions of Samba. +Refer to man:smb.conf[5] to learn about other supported settings for the `security` option. `passdb backend`:: Samba has several different backend authentication models. |