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authorMateusz Piotrowski <0mp@FreeBSD.org>2024-09-09 18:38:56 +0000
committerMateusz Piotrowski <0mp@FreeBSD.org>2024-09-09 18:42:06 +0000
commit6530b8b5dba4707a6b8f31bc2af219f5f97f8060 (patch)
tree1c008062ea808cb55703a0510e5d3bcda94d03a5
parent9a0413840f266964ba36ccac33be5288de8ec7f1 (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handbook: samba: Remove outdated `security=share` documentation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.
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@@ -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.