On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 09:45:06PM +0200, Cassian Braconnier wrote: > Hi, > in "Using Samba" by G. Carter, J Ts and R. Eckstein, 3rd edition, on > chapter 5, page 113, I ses that the security = share option is > "deprecated". It is said that "there is a high chance that ... will be > removed from Samba at some future time". > > I find that security = share is extremely useful for many small non > critical networks. > Is it still the case that this option is considered "deprecated" ? and > if so what is supposed to replace it and to give the same functionality ?
Well you can replace security = share with the correct "map to guest" options, so it really isn't useful in the way you think. Having said that we haven't (yet) removed it, and I just refactored the code that implements it, so it'll probably be around causing us trouble for a while yet :-). Jeremy. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
