Hi again, Sorry to bump this, but I would be grateful for any insight anyone might have on my problem. I don't know whether this is a error on my system(s), or an intentional feature! Is there a better newsgroup I should approach about this?
Thanks Andy "Andy Gibbs" wrote in message news:[email protected]... > Dear all, > > I'm fairly new to Samba and CIFS and, for that matter, Linux in general. > I'm having a problem with "mount.cifs" as provided with Debian 5. I'm > afraid I cannot say what version of mount.cifs I have since doing > "mount.cifs -V" does not (contrary to the message it shows when I do this) > actually show the version, but rather how to use the program. > > The problem I have is that having successfully logged into a Windows > shared > folder, I can subsequently log in *without* the correct password. > > So... > > mount.cifs \\192.168.1.0\folder /mnt -o user=joebloggs,pass=correct > umount /mnt > mount.cifs \\192.168.1.0\folder /mnt -o user=joebloggs,pass=incorrect > > At this point it has remounted and given me full access, even though I've > got my password wrong the second time (and each subsequent time). I can > even do "-o user=user,guest". If I change user, then I must get the > password right at least once, but then once I have got it right, I then no > longer need to get it right. The problem is that anyone using the > computer > after someone has accessed the Windows share, can also then access it > without knowing the password. > > As far as I can see, and I'm no expert, this is not a Windows problem > since > in Windows, connecting to the folder requires the correct password every > time. > > Is there any way I can force mount.cifs to forget the correct password so > that it requires it to be correct each time? > > I'm sorry if I have not provided the correct information: I will happily > do > so if told what to provide! I have tried the Samba website and Google for > answers, but haven't found the right search phrase. If I've missed > something, I'll happily just receive a link to the right page. > > Thanks for any help! > > Andy > -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
