On Sat, 28 Dec 2002, Joel Hammer wrote: > Since you are a beginner, and coming from windows98 you don't care about > security yet, I would do two things to make your life easier for now.
3rd suggestion: upgrade to WinXP or Win2K and turn on restrictive permissions. It's not as secure as a well-maintained Linux box but it's a whole lot better than consumer Windows (Win95-98-ME). Or you could jump into the cold bath of Linux on the desktop :-) > In the global section, put: > guest account = root > > This would be good for a share definition: > > [AllFiles] > comment = All Files > path = / > read only = no > guest ok = yes > > This will give any windows user complete access to your linux box. Some > people would say this is bad. The script kiddies would say this is good. Disconnect from the global internet when doing this test, or you'll have them crawling out of your monitor and printer within hours. > Once you get this setup working, you can put in restrictions on > access. But, then you can learn all about passwords, permissions, > firewalls, and all that annoying stuff which will provide hours of fun > in the years to come. Hear, hear. If you set up a Linux firewall and log the hack packets, you'll be glad you have effective defenses. I get about one attempt per minute, on the worst days. Particularly for Samba, if your Samba server also serves as the firewall, tell Samba to only listen on your internal interface(s), not to the global Internet. And to the extent feasible, turn off services you don't actually use, and try to get the rest to only listen internally. And learn to effectively use the firewall script (iptables) that comes with your distro. James F. Carter Voice 310 825 2897 FAX 310 206 6673 UCLA-Mathnet; 6115 MSA; 405 Hilgard Ave.; Los Angeles, CA, USA 90095-1555 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.math.ucla.edu/~jimc (q.v. for PGP key) -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
