On Mon, 20 May 2002, daRcmaTTeR wrote:

> On Mon, 20 May 2002, Ken Nowack wrote:
> 
> > 
> > > 
> > > May 18 21:26:17 mdw1982 smbd[9992]:   markw logged
> > > in as admin user
> > > (root privileges)
> > > 
> > First thing I would check is what groups markw is part
> > of and which group is specified for admin in your
> > smb.conf
> > 
> > If nothing else, change the passwords for the samba
> > admin account and markw. It could be some weirdness in
> > the auth process somewhere. Just a thought. If he's
> > not supposed to be admin it's a good bet to change the
> > passwords anyway.
> > 
> > HTH,
> > 
> > Ken
> > 
> 
> thanks Ken,
> 
> I'll check into that to see, but I set "markw" up with the express idea 
> that this would be the default user account for the machines logging to the 
> LAN. it should be just a generic user account. thats why that log entry 
> caught my eye the way it did.
 
Ok...apart from being lame and anwering my own post, i did as you 
suggested Ken and checked my samba config file. there was a setup for 
particular share that I had setup and made markw an admin user. stoooooopd 
me... he's now just a regular user with write privileges. 

thanks for the heads up Ken. 

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